- Title: F-A3622
- Summary: GENERAL MOTORS FAMILY PARTY: 1937 GENERAL MOTORS PROPAGANDA INDUSTRIAL DESCRIBES COAST-TO-COAST RADIO HOOK UP. GENERAL MOTORS COAST-TO-COAST FAMILY PARTY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1937 VIA TELEPHONE HOOK UP TO NUMEROUS CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TELEPHONE HOOK UP FOR A SIMULTANEOUS FAMILY PARTY OF GENERAL MOTORS EMPLOYEES. EARLY COMMUNICATIONS. DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY. CHICAGO BUILDINGS. ALFRED SLOANE, JR.
- Description:02:17:10 - MAP OF THE UNITED STATES WITH COWBOYS SUPERIMPOSED OVER 02:17:30 - MONTAGE OLD FASHIONED CAMERAS & TELEPHONES 02:17:39 - MONTAGE OLD FASHIONED EARLY CARS. CAR DRIVE OVER VIEWER 02:17:54 - CU GIRL TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE 02:17:55 - AMERICAN FAMILY LEAVES THE HOUSE 02:18:03 - 1930s GENERAL MOTORS CAR PULLS AWAY FROM THE CURB DRIVES AWAY 02:18:08 - WHITE COLLAR BUSINESSMAN TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE CIRCA 1937 02:18:10 - 1930s HIGHWAY TRAFFIC 02:18:12 - BUS BOUND FOR CHICAGO LEAVES DEPOT, ON HIGHWAY 02:18:18 - NEW YORK CITY TRAFFIC, CIRCA 1937 02:18:22 - CHINESE CITY SCENE, PACKED STREETS PEDESTRIANS, RICKSHAWS. 02:18:26 - ESKIMOS BUNDLED UP ON FROZEN LANDSCAPE PULLING IN A SEAL OR WALRUS. FOOD SUPPLY 02:18:32 - TROPICAL LANDSCAPE, PALM TREES, BOAT PASSES IN B/G 02:18:34 - MOTOR BOAT RACE MAYBE MIAMI 02:18:36 - MONTAGE POWER LINES UTILITY LINES 02:18:47 - PAN 1930s BANQUET ROOM. CU MEN AT BANQUET 02:19:05 - MAP OF AMERICA WITH CIRCLES OF RADIO WAVES 02:19:13 - CU PAGE FROM CALANDER WEDNSDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 1937 CHANGES TO A WEEK LATER WEDNSDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 1937 02:19:20 - MAP OF AMERICA WITH TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS LINK-UPS 02:19:39 - MONTAGE MALE SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS CIRCA 1937 TELEPHONE OPERATORS 02:20:06 - CU WALL CLOCK 1:30 EASTERN STANDARD TIME 02:20:11 - RADIO ANNOUNCER READS NEWS, CU AMPLIFIER CIRCA 1937 02:20:30 - PAN WALL OF CIRCUITS, WIRES, 02:20:42 - MAP OF AMERICA SHOWING RADIO WAVES ROUTE 02:20:50 - MONTAGE POWER LINES, TELEPHONE LINES 02:21:04 - MONTAGE MALE & FEMALE SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS AT WORK CIRCUIT ROUTING 02:21:19 - CU WALL OF AMPLIFIERS, TELEPHONE CHANNELS, CU LOUDSPEAKER, CIRCA 1937 02:21:26 - MONTAGE TELEPHONE LINES POLES 02:21:27 - CU ANNOUNCER READS NEWS INTO MICROPHONE 02:21:29 - MONTAGE WORKERS ROUTING CALLS SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS, CU MAN PUSHING BUTTON 02:21:39 - CU MAN SPEAKING INTO MICROPHONE 02:21:40 - TELEPHONE LINES, POLES 02:21:41 - URBAN TRAFFIC, NEW YORK CITY CIRCA 1937 02:21:48 - CU 1930s TELEPHONE, HAND PICKS UP THE PHONE FINGER DIALS ROTARY DIAL 02:21:53 - 1930s BANQUET ROOM, PAN PEOPLE AT BANQUET 02:21:59 - CU ALFRED P. SLONE JR., GENERAL MOTORS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IN HIS OFFICE 02:22:06 - EXTERIOR FACADE GENERAL MOTORS BUILDING, 1937
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1937
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: F-A3622