- Title: SC-85
- Summary: BELL TELEPHONE FILM: A FILM ABOUT SERVICE MEN CALLING HOME AND THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
- Description:01:29:49 - CU HANDS UNROLL SCROLL READING: ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS 01:29:59 - HOMECOMING OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEN AFTER WORLD WAR II. G.I.'S SOLDIERS, ETC. XLS MEN WAVE FROM SHIP, OCEAN LINER 01:30:09 - STAGED SCENE OF WWII VETERANS. JUST BACK FROM THE WAR, WALKING DOWN GANGPLANK, CARRYING DUFFLE BAGS OVER SHOULDERS. NAME CALL. 01:30:14 - WAR BUDDIES PAUSE ON GANG PLANK AND TALK. MEN IN UNIFORM. 01:30:29 - G.I.'S PAST NAME CALL CHECK POINT, WALK THROUGH WAREHOUSE TYPE BUILDING, RUN EXCITEDLY TO TELEPHONE. 01:30:39 - RETURNING SERVICEMEN ARE STOPPED BY MILITARY POLICE. CONTINUE IN SINGLE FILE LINE THROUGH AIRPLANE HANGAR TYPE BUILDING. 01:31:04 - 1940s LOCOMOTIVE PASSENGER TRAIN STOPPING AT STATION 01:31:09 - SOLDIERS DISEMBARK TRAIN. 01:31:14 - LS G.I.'S EXIT TRAIN, LOAD DUFFLE BAGS, ETC. INTO ARMY TRUCKS AT STATION. 01:31:19 - LS SOLDIERS WALK IN LINE THORUGH ARMY BASE. CLOSER VIEW SAME. 01:31:29 - SOLDIERS WALK THROUGH ARMY BASE, AMONG BARRACKS, CARRY DUFFLES ON SHOULDERS. G.I. MEN GETTING FOOT AT MESS HALL COUNTER. K.P. DUTY. TRAYS. 01:31:34 - SOLDIERS EAT MEAL IN MESS HALL, AT TABLES, LAUGH, SMILE. BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER. 01:31:39 - G.I.'S WALK OUT OF MESS HALL, BARRACKS. 01:31:49 - GIS WALK PAST SIGN READING: TELEPHONE CENTER, WITH BELL TELEPHONE SYMBOL, LOGO. 01:31:59 - SOLDIERS WALKING INTO PHONE CENTER BUILDING, CHARACTERS IN OUR STORY PAUSE AND TALK, GO INSIDE. 01:32:14 - INTERIOR, GIS, SOME WOMEN, WAIT TO MAKE PHONE CALLS. 01:32:19 - OUR HEROES LOOK AT THE CROWD, CONFUSION WITH DISMAY. WOMEN BEHIND COUNTER WITH TELEPHONES. 01:32:24 - SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS AT WORK 01:32:44 - MAN IN SUIT AND TIE AND TELEPHONE MANAGER ARMBAND TALKS TO OUR G.I. PROTAGONISTS. 01:32:59 - THEY FOLLOW HIM OUT OF BUILDING, HE DIRECTS THEM TO BUS, WHICH THEY BOARD. 01:33:24 - BUS WITH SIGN ON SIDE READING: TELEPHONE CENTERS PULLS UP TO SIGN READING SAME. 01:33:34 - UNIFORMED SERVICEMEN DISEMBARK BUS, ENTER BUILDING. 01:33:44 - WOMAN NOTICES THEM, WALKS OVER TO THEM, TALKS WITH THEM. 01:34:09 - SHE LEADS THEM TO COUNTER. 01:34:14 - SOLDIER TALKS TO WOMAN WHO WRITES INFORMATION DOWN. 01:34:34 - SAME WITH OTHER MEN, WOMEN. 01:35:09 - G.I.'S WAITING TO USE TELEPHONES, TALKING. MEN IN PHONE BOOTHS IN BACKGROUND. 01:35:34 - WOMAN AT COUNTER MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT INTO MICROPHONE, LOOKS LIKE TALKING INTO OLD FASHIONED TELEPHONE. 01:35:39 - SOLDIER JUMPS UP, ENTERS TELEPHONE BOOTH. 01:35:44 - G.I. INSIDE PHONE BOOTH, HAPPILY TALKS TO MOM, HIS MOTHER. 01:36:04 - HIS MOM AT HOME, TALKING TO HIM ON PHONE, WIFE WITH BABY IN ARMS TAKES RECEIVER. 01:36:24 - SOLDIER ON TELEPHONE. ECSTATIC. 01:36:39 - MS WOMAN ON PHONE, BABY BOY IN ARMS, SHE PUTS KID ON THE PHONE. 01:37:24 - G.I. SAYS I LOVE YOU TO WIFE ON PHONE, HANGS UP, LEAVES PHONE BOOTH. 01:37:44 - SOLDIER TALKS TO HIS BUDDIES. 01:37:59 - CU SPEAKER ON WALL. PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM. 01:38:14 - WOMAN TALKS TO GIS WAITING TO USE PHONE. 01:38:39 - TELEPHONE MANAGER TALKS TO WOMAN AND MILITARY OFFICER IN UNIFORM, COLONEL. OTHER GIS JOIN THEM. 01:41:19 - SOLDIER HOLDS HIS HEAD AND MAKES FACE AS IF HE JUST SAID OR DID SOMETHING STUPID. HE DID. EMBARRASSMENT. 01:41:29 - GROUP OF G.I.S AND OTHERS LAUGH.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: SC-85