- Title: F-A3619
- Summary: STORY WITHOUT END: RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSISTORS. SOUND AMPLIFYING VACUUM TUBES. REPEATER UNITS. HISTORIC RECREATION OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. UPDATING TELEPHONE SERVICE. NEW TECHNOLOGY. ADVENT OF DIAL EXCHANGE. DIAL SWITCHING SYSTEM
- Description:01:21:33 - PIPE SMOKE IN THE AIR. 01:21:41 - PAN DOWN TO CU PEOPLE AT TELEPHONE EXHIBIT WITH PHONE RECEIVERS AT THE EARS INCLUDING MAN WITH PIPE. 01:22:06 - DEMONSTRATOR SPEAKS TO GROUP. 01:22:23 - PEOPLE PUT ON HEADPHONES. 01:22:43 - CU WOMAN HOLDING TELEPHONE RECEIVER OLD TECHNOLOGY, HARD TO HEAR. NEW TECHNOLOGY, REPEATER UNITS MAKE SOUND CLEARER. 01:23:30 - HISTORICAL RECREATION. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL INTRODUCING HIS TELEPHONE INVENTION, SPEAKING 01:23:53 - CU MONTAGE EARLY TELEPHONES. 01:24:12 - CU SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS PLUGGING IN LINES 01:24:23 - TILT DOWN TELEPHONE POLES, LINES. MONTAGE LINES 01:24:47 - RECREATION, 1922. BUSINESSMAN IN OFFICE, HEAD IN HAND, THINKING IN THOUGHT. GETS UP, TALKS TO CO-WORKER. CU CHART TOTAL TELEPHONES & CALLS BUSINESS DISCUSSION 01:25:38 - CU POINTER ON BLACKBOARD. DIAL SWITCHING SYSTEM. MANAGER EXPLAINING SYSTEM TO OTHERS. 01:25:55 - CU EARLY ROTARY PHONE. FINGER DIALING NUMBER AUTOMATIC DIALING. 1920s 01:26:04 - CU "MODERN" TELEPHONE CIRCA 1940s 01:26:15 - CU WALL OF WIRES, DIALS. TELEPHONE ROUTING SYSTEM 01:26:22 - CU TWO BUSINESSMEN IN SHIRT SLEEVES BRAIN STORMING IN OFFICE. WORKING ON DIAL EXCHANGE CONCEPT 01:26:38 - TELEPHONE SYSTEM PRODUCTION LINE. WORKING ON TELEPHONE ROUTING SYSTEMS. CUTTING INTO LINES 01:26:53 - TELEPHONE INSTALLATION WORKERS UNLOADING TRUCK CARTONS OF TELEPHONES. 01:27:00 - CU WORKER CUTTING INTO TELEPHONE LINE. CU PLUGGING INTO DIAL PLUG. WORKERS INSTALLING NEW SYSTEM 01:27:13 - BANK OF SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS. CIRCA 1930s MANUAL SWITCHBOARDS 01:27:26 - SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS CIRCA 1950s 01:27:46 - MONTAGE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT 01:27:47 - CU TELEPHONE CIRCA 1950s 01:27:50 - TELEPHONE LINEMAN, CABLE INSPECTOR. 01:27:59 - CUSTOMER AT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE DESK 01:28:03 - CU SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR 01:28:08 - CU FIELD REPRESENTATIVE TALKING TO CUSTOMERS IN THEIR YARDS. LATE 1940s 01:28:18 - MONTAGE FARMER HARVESTING CROPS. "MODERN" TRACTOR & HORSE DRAWN MACHINERY 01:28:29 - TELEPHONE INSTALLER ON LADDER INSTALLING PHONE IN FARM HOUSE 01:28:32 - SCENIC RURAL OPEN SPACES, FIELDS, RURAL UNPAVED DIRT ROADS. MOUNTAINS 01:28:43 - POV DRIVING ON RURAL ROAD. SNOW ON SIDE OF ROAD. TELEPHONE POLES, LINES DOWN LENGTH OF ROAD 01:28:49 - FIELD REPRESENTATIVE PARKED ON SIDE OF RURAL ROAD TALKING TO RESIDENT. HOME IN B/G 01:28:57 - TELEPHONE WORKER INSTALLING TELEPHONE POLE IN RURAL SETTING 01:29:09 - TELEPHONE RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT, MEN WEARING PROTECTIVE GOGGLES. INDUCTION FURNACE, POURING HOT MOLTEN LIQUID. PULLING STEEL RODS OUT OF FURNACE. RED HOT STEEL BENDABLE SNAKELIKE STATE. TELEPHONE LINE PRODUCTION 01:29:48 - WORKERS USE POWER DRIVEN AUGER TO INSTALL TELEPHONE POLES. CU SHARP TONGUE WIRE PLOW BITING INTO THE GROUND. LAYING RUBBER COVERED WIRE UNDERGROUND. LOW ANGLE POWER LINE 01:30:05 - 1940s TRUCK ON RURAL ROAD PASSING BARNS, HOUSES 01:30:15 - POV DRIVING LOOKING UP AT TELEPHONE POLES. 01:30:23 - POV IN PLANE IN CLOUDS 01:30:45 - MONTAGE RADIO RELAY TOWER CIRCA EARLY 1950s 01:31:16 - CONVOY OF COAXIAL CABLE LAYER TRUCKS. LAYING UNDERGROUND CABLE. COAXIAL LINE. 01:32:04 - MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. ZOOM IN ON MEDIA, PENNSYLVANIA. 01:32:16 - EARLY 1950s HOUSEWIFE OPENING WINDOW BLINDS. LOOKS AT WRIST WATCH. ANXIOUS HOUSEWIFE, LOOKS AT MANTLE CLOCK, SYNCHRONIZING CLOCKS. HURRIES OVER TO TELEPHONE, DIALS PHONE. CU 1940s HOUSEWIFE TALKING ON TELEPHONE 01:32:56 - 1940s TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT. BILLING INFORMATION PUNCHED ONTO TAPE. CU SCISSORS CUTTING TAPE. ACCOUNTING OFFICE. EARLY AUTOMATIC MESSAGE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM 01:33:01 - BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES. DOOR OPENING IN, DEVELOPING NEW SWITCHING SYSTEMS. MEETING. 01:34:20 - MONTAGE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION LINE CIRCA EARLY 1950s. CROSS BAR SWITCHING EQUIPMENT CU STENCILING WESTERN ELECTRIC ON SHIPPING CRATE 01:35:22 - POV BEHIND EARLY 1950s SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS. 01:35:41 - CU 1920s TELEPHONE. OLD MAN PICKS UP PHONE, GIVES OPERATOR NUMBER HE WANTS TO REACH, SHE PLUGS HIM INTO LONG DISTANCE OPERATOR WHO PLACES LONG DISTANCE CALL FOR HIM. CU LINE OPERATOR PLUGGING IN PHONE LINES. STEPS OF PLACING A CALL PRE-NEW SWITCHING SYSTEM. OPERATOR CALLS MAN BACK WHEN CONNECTION IS MADE. 01:36:49 - 1950s BUSINESSMAN MAKING PHONE CALL. OPERATOR USING CROSS BAR SWITCHING SYSTEM TO PLACE LONG DISTANCE CALL 01:37:15 - BUSINESS MEETING CIRCA 1950s 01:37:23 - MONTAGE 1950s TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT. CROSS BAR SWITCHING SYSTEM 01:37:44 - SHORT BUSINESSMAN MAKING PHONE CALL AT PAY PHONE 01:37:51 - CU EARLY 1950s YOUNG WOMAN TALKING ON TELEPHONE AT HOME IN LIVING ROOM 01:37:56 - CU SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS PLUGGING IN LINES 01:37:59 - WORKER CHANGING OVER TELEPHONE SYSTEM 01:38:04 - LOW ANGLE PAN TELEPHONE LINES 01:38:08 - POV BEHIND BANK OF 1940s TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS 01:38:15 - TELEPHONE LINE INSTALLERS WORKING ON NEW LINES 01:38:30 - SPEAKER AT TELEPHONE EXHIBIT EXPLAINS NEW SERVICE TO COUPLE 01:38:46 - CU OPERATOR DIALING A CALL FOR CUSTOMER 01:38:52 - POV WATCHING 1940s TELEVISION SET. BALLET ON TELEVISION SET 01:38:57 - MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE, WORKER PICKS UP PHONE IN TRUCK 01:39:03 - TRANSPORTATION SEQUENCE. TRUCK ON HIGHWAY US1 HS SHIP. CU TRAIN PASSING VIEWER. HS TRAIN 01:39:17 - MOTHER READS TO HER YOUNG SON. PAN TO TELEPHONE 01:39:25 - MONTAGE TELEPHONE COMPANY EMPLOYEES PERFORMING VARIOUS DUTIES 01:39:30 - MONTAGE TELEPHONES. ROTARY, PAY PHONE, PEOPLE DIALING TELEPHONES.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: F-A3619