- Title: VM-578A
- Summary: LINES OF COMMUNICATION: HISTORY OF COMMUNICATIONS. TELEGRAPH. TELEGRAM. TELEPHONE. SATELLITE. MORSE CODE. RADIO TELEGRAPHY. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. METEOROLOGY. WEATHER. FACSIMILE. RADAR. RADIO TELESCOPE. HAM RADIO. SHORT WAVE RADIO BROADCAST. RADIO SERIAL PROGRAM. TELEVISION.
- Description:00:59:18 - POV WALKING THROUGH MASSIVE ROOM OF TELEGRAM MACHINES. TICKER TAPE COMING OUT 01:01:14 - CU WORDS BEING TYPED ON TELEGRAPH MACHINE, TICKERTAPE 01:01:28 - CU LAYING WORDS ON TELEGRAM 01:01:33 - SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS PLUGGING IN TELEPHONE LINES 01:01:37 - HS TELEPHONE OPERATORS 01:01:42 - MS SHIP LAYING CABLES UNDER THE OCEAN FLOOR 01:01:53 - ANIMATED ILLUSTRATION OF SOUND WAVES BEING SENT BY SATELLITE 01:02:00 - CU SATELLITE 01:02:10 - PEOPLE GOING INTO UNITED NATIONS BUILDING 01:02:26 - EXTERIOR & INTERIOR INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION HEADQUARTERS IN GENEVA 01:03:24 - STILLS 01:04:28 - CU WORKING MORSE CODE TRANSMITTER 01:04:36 - CU WORKING MORSE CODE RECEIVER 01:04:41 - ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE RAILROAD WORKERS LAYING RAILS BUILDING RAILROAD & WORKERS ERECTING TELEGRAPH POLES 01:04:51 - CU TELEGRAPHER SENDING TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE 01:05:03 - STILLS 01:06:42 - GERALD GROSS, SECRETARY GENERAL OF INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, SPEAKING 01:08:17 - STILLS 01:08:42 - CU HAND TURNING PAGES OF INTERNATIONAL MORSE CODE BOOK. CU MORSE CODE 01:08:57 - INTERIOR LUSH ROOM, FIRST OFFICE OF INTER GOVERNMENT AGENCY 01:09:15 - MONTAGE EARLY TELEPHONE SUPERIMPOSED OVER SOUND WAVES. SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR PLUGGING IN TELEPHONE LINES 01:09:45 - MONTAGE TELEPHONE, ELECTRIC POLES LINED UP ACROSS LANDSCAPE, RAILROAD TRAIN IN B/G 01:09:57 - LOW ANGLE STATUE OF MARCONI 01:10:00 - MS MARCONI'S ASSISTANT. RE-ENACTMENT RECREATION OF FIRST RADIO TRANSMISSION. IRIS OUT 01:11:11 - ARCHIVAL MONTAGE SENDING SHIP-TO-SHORE RADIO MESSAGES. HELMSMAN STEERS SHIP IN DENSE FOG. 01:11:25 - CU SENDING RADIO MESSAGE. CU SHIP-TO-SHORE MACHINE. RADIO TELEGRAPHY 01:11:36 - APRIL 1912. SURVIVING TITANIC CREW MEMBERS. GROUP OF BOYS HAMMING FOR THE CAMERA 01:11:39 - FOOTAGE OF LUXURY SHIP TITANIC-OLYMPIC FILLED WITH PASSENGERS LEAVING DOCK. TUG BOATS. 01:12:01 - CAPTAIN SMITH OF TITANIC 01:12:03 - PASSENGERS ROAMING SHIP, SITTING ON DECK CHAIRS 01:12:22 - WHITE STAR LINE LIFEBOATS 01:12:25 - STILLS 01:14:12 - EXTERIOR INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION 01:14:23 - INTERIOR ITU, WORKING ON INVENTIONS, INNOVATIONS 01:15:01 - SPOKESMAN FOR THE ITU SPEAKING 01:15:49 - INTERIOR ITU OFFICE, NATIONS NAME PLATES ON DESKS 01:16:00 - LS TILT UP TRANSMITTING TOWERS 01:16:10 - CU 1959 ITU RADIO REGULATIONS FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS CHARTS 01:16:34 - LS SKY, CLOUDS 01:16:56 - LS SHIP AT SEA 01:16:59 - SHIP'S COMMUNICATIONS ROOM, RADIO OPERATORS LISTENING TO INCOMING MESSAGES, AROUND THE CLOCK RADIO WATCH 01:17:11 - AIRPLANE PILOTS COMMUNICATING WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER. CU CONTROL PANEL 01:17:29 - CU METEOROLOGIST DRAWING ON WEATHER MAP, TEARING OFF MAP FROM FACSIMILE RADIO MACHINE 01:17:43 - MONTAGE RADAR COMMUNICATIONS. CU RADAR PICKING UP WAVES. RADAR TELESCOPES. RADIO ASTRONOMY. JODRELL BANK, WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE 01:18:11 - CU CIGAR SMOKING FAT CAT MAKING DEALS OVER THE TELEPHONE 01:18:25 - POV ON FIRE TRUCK ON ROUTE TO FIRE. FIREMEN CIRCA 1940s 01:18:31 - POLICEMEN WITH SIRENS SOUNDING RACING DOWN NARROW BRICK ROAD 01:18:34 - LS TAXI CABS LEAVING GARAGE, STARTING SHIFTS 01:18:39 - MS NEW YORK CITY TAXI CAB DRIVER CALLING BASE ON TWO-WAY RADIO IN CAR. 01:18:50 - MONTAGE MINING OPERATIONS, MINER ARRIVING IN OFFICE, SHED. MINER ON TRUCK RADIO, TRUCKS PASSING 01:18:57 - TELETYPIST OPERATING TELETYPEWRITER. TELETYPE 01:19:09 - HAM RADIO OPERATOR SPEAKING IN CODES 01:19:21 - LIVE SHORT WAVE RADIO BROADCAST 01:19:38 - LIVE RADIO SERIAL PROGRAM IN TANGANYIKA 01:20:10 - AMERICAN SCHOOL CHILDREN WATCHING TELEVISION EATING SNACKS 01:20:19 - POV WATCHING TELEVISION SET 01:20:23 - BELLY DANCER SHOT LIVE FOR TELEVISION BROADCAST POV WATCHING BELLY DANCER ON TV. POV WATCHING MEN WATCHING BELLY DANCER ON TV 01:20:34 - SKY & CLOUDS 01:21:00 - U THANT GIVING SPEECH FROM NEW YORK TO THE UN IN GENEVA WHERE UN IS MEETING ON FIRST CONFERENCE ON SPACE COMMUNICATIONS. IMAGE SENT BY TELESTAR SATELLITE. SHOWS DELEGATES WATCHING & LISTENING TO U THANT 01:22:49 - LS PAN MOROCCAN TOWN OF BENI MELLAL 01:22:55 - OVERCROWDED STREETS OF BENI MELLAL. MS STREET VENDOR WEIGHING VEGETABLES. OUTDOOR MARKETPLACE 01:23:06 - MS MAN IN WESTERN SUIT STOPS BICYCLE RIDING MOROCCAN, JOINING OTHERS IN LITERACY LESSON, MOROCCANS LEARNING A LETTER A DAY TO STOP ILLITERACY. CU MOROCCANS RECITING LETTERS 01:23:47 - MOROCCAN RADIO BROADCAST 01:24:12 - MOROCCAN NOMAD RIDING HORSE THROUGH ATLAS MOUNTAINS 01:24:23 - MOROCCAN NOMADS CAMPED IN THE DESERT, NOMAD WALKING CAMELS. NOMADS BEING TAUGHT TO READ & WRITE, CLASSROOM SET UP IN THE DESERT, PORTABLE RADIO IN F/G 01:24:58 - MOROCCAN POST OFFICE, MOROCCAN SENDING A LETTER POSTING A LETTER. SIGNING LETTER OF PROOF SAYING HE KNOWS LETTER OF THE DAY
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-578A