- Title: F-A0405.1
- Summary: TELEPHONE OPERATOR: WITH JUDITH ALLEN, GRANT WITHERS, WARREN HYMER, ALICE WHITE, RONNIE COSBEY, PAT FLAHERTY, GRETA GRANSTEDT, WILLIAM HAADE, CORNELIUS KEEFE, DOROTHY VAUGHN, WALTER MCGRAIL, ETHEL JACKSON, MILDRED GROVER
- Description:00:01:42 - BANK OF FEMALE TELEPHONE OPERATORS PLUGGING IN CABLES 00:01:45 - CU HAND OF OPERATOR DIALING FREE-STANDING ROTARY & PRESSING BUTTONS TO CONNECT CALL 00:01:48 - CU METAL CIRCUIT ARM MOVING UP & DOWN IN TELEPHONE COMPANY BUILDING TO CONNECT CALL 00:01:52 - CU HAND PLUGGING CABLE INTO PATCH 00:01:54 - CU OPERATOR SPEAKING INTO HORN CONNECTED TO HEADSET 00:02:04 - TWO TELEPHONE OPERATORS CONNECTING PHONE CALLS IN SMALL TELEPHONE EXCHANGE OFFICE 00:02:17 - MAN IN OFFICE ON TELEPHONE. HAVING CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER BUSINESSMAN. MAKES NOTE ON PAD AS HE TALKS 00:02:56 - MAN HANGS UP PHONE & WALKS OUT OF OFFICE. TELLS PRIVATE OPERATOR THAT HE'S GOING OUT. LEAVES OFFICE 00:03:17 - CAR DRIVES AROUND CORNER & PULLS INTO MOBILE GAS STATION. OLD MAN GAS STATION ATTENDANT FILLS UP CAR. 00:03:52 - MEN IN CAR PAY FOR GAS & ASK DIRECTIONS. MAKE WISE CRACK ABOUT ROBBING BANK 00:04:22 - TELEPHONE OPERATOR TAKING BREAK BY WATER COOLER AS TWO MEN ENTER OFFICE. 00:04:46 - MEN WHISTLE TO EACH OTHER ABOUT FEMALE TELEPHONE OPERATORS. HAVE RUDE CONVERSATION WITH WOMEN 00:05:43 - VIEW OF TELEPHONE OPERATORS FROM BEHIND AS THEY GOSSIP & MAKE TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS 00:06:13 - RICH WOMAN ON TELEPHONE WHILE SNOBBY RICH MAN SITS NEAR HER 00:07:10 - LOTS OF COUPLES ON DANCE FLOOR AT LOCAL COMMUNITY DANCE 00:07:30 - TWO YOUNG WOMEN IN BLACK GOWNS STANDING & GOSSIP 00:07:37 - CU YOUNG HAPPY COUPLE DANCING 00:07:57 - MAN ARRIVES AT DANCE. BUYS TICKET & CHECKS HIS HAT. LOOKS AROUND DANCE FLOOR FOR HIS WIFE. GETS ANGRY WHEN HE SEES HER DANCING WITH ANOTHER MAN 00:08:20 - WOMAN APPROACHES ANGRY MAN & ASKS HIM TO DANCE 00:08:55 - COUPLES APPLAUD AS SONG ENDS 00:09:10 - WIFE APPROACHES HUSBAND AS HE DRIVES HIS HANDS WITH HANDKERCHIEF. 00:09:27 - TWO MEN ARRIVE AT DANCE. WATCH WOMAN AS SHE WALKS PAST. RELUCTANTLY BUY TICKETS 00:09:56 - COUPLES DANCING. SONG ENDS. 00:10:12 - MEN APPROACH WOMEN AT RESFRESHMENT TABLE HEADED BY BLACK MAID WHO GIVES MAN PUNCH AFTER THEY HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT DEEP SOUTH 00:10:55 - WOMAN REFUSES TO DANCE WITH MAN. HE GRABS HER ARM & WON'T LET GO HURTING HER 00:11:10 - COUPLE DANCING CRAZY TANGO DANCE. EVERYONE ELSE MOVES OUT OF WAY 00:11:22 - MAN GRABBING WOMAN'S WRIST WON'T LET GO. ANOTHER MAN COMES TO HER RESCUE. PUNCHES MAN IN FACE 00:11:48 - TROUBLE-MAKERS THROWN OUT OF DANCE. 00:12:12 - TROUBLE-MAKERS COME INTO OFFICE NEXT MORNING & TALK TO TELEPHONE OPERATORS. WALK INTO MAN'S OFFICE 00:12:52 - CU MAN AT OFFICE DESK WITH BLACK EYE 00:12:53 - TWO SMILING MEN REPORTING FOR JOB QUICKLY CHANGE TO UPSET FACES. MAN YELLS AT THEM TO BE QUIET & TALKS ON TELEPHONE 00:14:01 - TWO MEN COME OUT OF BOSS' OFFICE & ARGUE 00:14:18 - BOSS COMES OUT OF OFFICE: "HEY YOU MUGS" 00:14:29 - BOSS COMES OUT & TELLS OPERATORS GOOD NEWS 00:14:45 - CU TELEPHONE OPERATORS WORK & TALK 00:15:07 - CAR DRIVES DOWN UNPAVED ROAD. PULLS UP TO TELEPHONE WORK TRUCK WHERE MEN ARE PUTTING UP TELEPHONE POLE & TELEPHONE LINES 00:15:25 - ANGRY FOREMAN PUTS MEN TO WORK 00:15:51 - MEN PUT ON THEIR BELTS & GEAR & CLIMB UP TELEPHONE POLE WHILE MEN LOOKS UP WATCHING THEM 00:16:18 - WORKERS AT TOP OF TELEPHONE POLE TALKING & CONNECTING WIRE. DROPS WRENCH ON GROUND 00:16:37 - FOREMAN ON GROUND YELLS AT THEM & THROWS WRENCH BACK UP 00:17:01 - MEN STANDING ON SLOW-MOVING FLAT BED TRUCK WHILE TELEPHONE WIRE IS SLOWLY UNSPOOLED 00:17:15 - MONTAGE WORKERS TIGHTENING & CONNECTING TELEPHONE WIRES 00:17:24 - WORKERS ON TOP OF TELEPHONE POLES CONNECTING WIRES 00:17:39 - BUSY CONSTRUCTION SITE 00:17:45 - WORKER ON GROUND FEEDS TELEPHONE RECEIVER UP TO WORKER WITH ROPE WHO CONNECTS IT TO WIRE TO TEST CONNECTION 00:18:14 - TELEPHONE OPERATOR CONNECTS CALL. ANGRILY PULLS OUT WIRE WHEN GUY GETS FRESH. FLIRTING 00:19:00 - MAN IN OFFICE PICKS UP TELEPHONE 00:19:22 - LITTLE BOY BY SIDE OF RIVER TALKS TO MEN. THEY TELL HIM HOW TO FIGHT 00:19:46 - LITTLE BOY GOES UP TO BULLY & DARES HIM TO PUT CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER. LITTLE BOY KNOCKS IT OFF. FIST FIGHT, PUNCHING EACH OTHER 00:19:59 - GUYS WATCHING FIGHT 00:20:05 - BOYS WRESTLING ON GROUND 00:20:25 - GUYS PICK UP THEIR EQUIPMENT & CONGRATULATE LITTLE BOY FOR WINNING FIGHT 00:21:09 - MEN GET INTO TRUCK WITH BOY GIVING HIM RIDE HOME 00:21:28 - TRUCK PULLS UP TO HOME. GUYS GET OUT & WALK LITTLE BOY UP TO HOUSE 00:22:00 - BOY CALLS TO MOTHER & INTRODUCES MEN. ASKS FOR THEM TO STAY FOR DINNER 00:22:53 - MEN ENTER LIVING ROOM & PICK UP BROKEN RADIO. START TO FIX IT 00:23:28 - TWO WOMEN ARRIVE HOME & MEET MEN IN LIVING ROOM 00:23:42 - EVERYONE SITTING AROUND TABLE HAVING DINNER WHILE MOTHER SERVES FOOD 00:24:01 - MOTHER PULLS DOWN WINDOW SHADE 00:24:46 - MAN FIXING RADIO RECEIVER WHILE TALKING TO WOMAN & LITTLE BOY 00:25:48 - MAN COMES RUNNING INTO LIVING ROOM WEARING APRON FOLLOWED BY WOMAN YELLING AT HIM FOR BREAKING DISHES 00:26:37 - MAN & LITTLE BOY OPEN WINDOW LOOKING FOR RADIO AERIAL 00:26:54 - MAN CRAWLS OUT WINDOW & TRIES TO CONNECT AERIAL WIRE 00:26:58 - LITTLE BOY LEANING OUT WINDOW. WOMAN LEANS OUT WITH HIM. SHUTS & LOCKS WINDOW, WALKS AWAY & TURNS OUT LIGHT LEAVING MAN STUCK OUT ON ROOF 00:27:35 - LITTLE BOY WITH HEADSET FIDDLING WITH RADIO WHILE COUPLE WATCH 00:27:45 - VIEW OF WINDOW WITH RAIN OUTSIDE 00:27:48 - COUPLES LEAVE BOY TO PLAY WITH RADIO WHILE THEY GO TO SHOW 00:27:58 - MAN OUTSIDE IN RAIN ON ROOF CONNECTING AERIAL WIRE 00:28:01 - MAN STANDING OUTSIDE WINDOW TRYING TO GET INTO HOUSE 00:28:06 - BOY HOLDING HANDS ON HEADSET SAYS "GEE WHIZZ" 00:28:10 - MAN IN RAIN KNOCKING ON WINDOW 00:28:15 - MEN ON TELEPHONE POLE TALKING INTO RECEIVER TESTING NEW LINE. WORKER KEEPS SNEEZING. 00:28:44 - SMILING TELEPHONE OPERATOR TALKING 00:29:23 - CO-WORKER RUNS INTO OFFICE & TELLS OPERATOR EXCITING NEWS 00:30:09 - BLACK MAID ANSWERS RINGING TELEPHONE. HAS CONVERSATION WITH OPERATOR 00:30:50 - OLD-FASHIONED TELEPHONE RINGING ON WALL OF CABIN OFFICE. OLD MAN ANSWERS PHONE 00:31:08 - TELEPHONE OPERATOR LOOKS UPSET 00:31:45 - MAN TALKING ON OLD-FASHIONED TWO-PIECE TELEPHONE 00:32:02 - MAN ON TELEPHONE POLE CONNECTS WIRE & TESTS LINE 00:32:34 - MAN IN RAINCOAT SITS ON DESK WAITING WHILE WOMAN PUTS ON HER COAT 00:33:03 - OLD LADY ANSWERS PHONE WHILE LITTLE BOY PLAYS WITH RADIO RECEIVER 00:33:35 - OLD LADY SEWING WHILE LITTLE BOY PLAYS NEWS ABOUT FLOODING 00:33:57 - MAN COMES INTO HOUSE FROM RAIN. SHAKES OUT HIS HAT. MAID TELLS MAN THAT WIFE IS NOT HOME. HE LEAVES AGAIN 00:34:55 - WOMAN ENTERS HOUSE & LOOKS ANGRY AT MAN 00:35:01 - WOMAN COOKS AT STOVE 00:35:14 - MAN GETS OUT OF CAR IN POURING RAIN 00:35:20 - MAN & WOMAN DRIVING IN CAR AT NIGHT 00:35:31 - MAN ENTERS HOUSE. GREETED BY WOMAN & MAN WHO COVER UP FOR HIS WIFE'S INFIDELITY 00:35:39 - WOMAN ANGRY AT MAN CONTINUES TO COOK 00:37:01 - WOMAN COMES INTO WORK & SEES ANOTHER WOMAN AT HER POST 00:37:23 - MAN WRITING AT DESK AS WOMAN COMES IN. HE HANDS HER PAYCHECK. WOMEN GETS FIRED 00:38:10 - WOMAN LEAVES OFFICE, PUTS CHECK INTO HER PURSE. LEAVES OFFICE UPSET 00:38:41 - MAN WALKS INTO OFFICE WHERE MAN IS TALKING ON TELEPHONE. GIVE WORKER PAPER WITH WORK INSTRUCTIONS 00:39:12 - BLONDE OPERATOR YELLS AT NEW NERDY OPERATOR 00:39:51 - MAN TALKING ON TELEPHONE RECEIVER ON TOP OF TELEPHONE POLE 00:40:03 - WORKER NEEDS HELP WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON TRUCK. FOREMEN COMES OVER & GIVE THEM HARD TIME. MAN PUNCHES HIM IN FACE 00:40:34 - MEN HAVE FIST FIGHT 00:40:54 - WOMAN LEAVES OFFICE. LOCKS UP FOR NIGHT, TURNS OUT LIGHT 00:41:29 - MAN HAVING COFFEE IN DINER. WOMAN ARRIVES & THEY TALK 00:42:44 - MOTHER COMES INTO LIVING ROOM & TELLS LITTLE BOY PLAYING WITH RADIO TO GO TO BED 00:43:13 - MAN IN RADIO OUTPOST BROADCASTS WEATHER REPORT ON FLOODING 00:43:24 - OVER-FLOWING RIVER RAPIDS UNDER BRIDGE 00:43:34 - MAN IN RAIN COAT & HAT CHECKING ON DAMS, BRIDGE 00:43:43 - WATER FLOWING THROUGH HOLE IN BRICK WALL OF DAM, LEVEE 00:43:52 - MAN RUNS INTO CABIN & WAKES UP FOREMAN ABOUT LEAKING DAM. 00:44:03 - MEN LOOK AT DAMAGE, WATER BURSTS THROUGH BROKEN DAM 00:44:09 - MEN RUSH INTO CABIN OFFICE & TRY TO MAKE PHONE CALL BUT THERE IS NO RESPONSE 00:44:36 - MAN RUSHES INTO RANGER'S STATION TO MAKE RADIO BROADCAST ABOUT BROKEN DAM & RUSH OF WATER. 00:44:51 - LITTLE BOY WEARING RADIO HEADSET HEARS EMERGENCY WARNING 00:44:58 - DAM BREAKS & COLLAPSES. LOTS OF MINIATURE HOUSES & BRIDGES CRUSHED IN FLOWING WATER 00:45:16 - CU DESPERATE MAN TALKING INTO RADIO MICROPHONE 00:45:16 - LITTLE BOY RUNS OUT OF ROOM. BANGS ON DOOR OF BEDROOM, RUSHES UP STAIRS TO GIVE WARNING 00:45:35 - FLOWING WATER WASHES OUT VALLEY 00:45:50 - MAN RUNNING TOWARDS CABIN AS IT COLLAPSES FROM WATER 00:46:02 - WOMAN SMASHES WINDOW OF TELEPHONE EXCHANGE OFFICE. REACHES IN & UNLOCKS DOOR 00:46:09 - FLOWING FLOOD WATERS WASHING AWAY TOWN, BUILDINGS 00:46:17 - TELEPHONE OPERATOR PLUGGING IN CABLES 00:46:18 - MEN SLEEPING IN BED WOKEN UP BY RINGING TELEPHONE 00:46:33 - BANK OF BUSY TELEPHONE OPERATORS PLUGGING IN WIRES INTERCUT WITH FLOODING FOOTAGE 00:47:22 - PEOPLE ON CITY STREET RUNNING AWAY FROM RUSH OF WATER COMING TOWARDS THEM 00:47:39 - LINE OF CARS DRIVING ON FLOODED STREET 00:47:48 - MAIN STREET OF TOWN COMPLETELY FLOODED WITH WATER 00:48:02 - MAN SITTING ON TELEPHONE WIRE ABOVE FLOODED TOWN 00:48:04 - PEOPLE LEAVING ON BOXCAR TRAIN 00:48:05 - PEOPLE PANIC, RUNNING ON STREETS OF CITY TRYING TO LEAVE 00:48:15 - MEN ON TOP OF TELEPHONE POLE TALKING ON TELEPHONE RECEIVER 00:48:18 - WOMAN WORKING AT TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD AS ROOM IS FILLING WITH WATER 00:48:31 - HOUSES SUBMERGED IN WATER 00:48:36 - MEN IN ROWBOAT ARRIVE TO RESCUE WOMAN FROM BUILDING 00:49:01 - FLOODING & TELEPHONE OPERATOR FOOTAGE 00:49:11 - WOMAN STANDING ON TELEPHONE EXCHANGE BANK WHILE ROOM FLOOD 00:49:21 - PROP PLANE TAKES OFF FROM RUNWAY 00:49:29 - AERIAL VIEW OF FLOODED TOWN 00:50:13 - ANOTHER WOMEN ARRIVES TWO WORK IN FLOODED TELEPHONE EXCHANGE 00:50:21 - MEN TALK ON TELEPHONE RECEIVER ON DOWNED TELEPHONE POLE 00:51:49 - TELEPHONE POLE BUSTS THROUGH WALL OF BUILDING 00:52:28 - RED CROSS REFUGEE STATION 00:52:32 - PEOPLE BEING LET OUT OF TRAIN BOX CARS 00:52:42 - MAN & WOMAN FLOATING AROUND ON DOWNED TELEPHONE POLE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1938
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: F-A0405.1