Synopsis
Followed by an outro by and about Southwestern Bell Telephone Employee orientation film for telco workers explaining structure and corporate values of the Bell System. Followed by a film specific to Southwestern Bell. NOT ALL SHOTS LOGGED – good film, return to Two men looking at a blueprint in front of a building construction site Family moving into a new house – kids running into front door, mom posing with kids on stoop Kids at playground Milkman delivering milk to side door Older woman sweeping her front steps Housewife hanging up laundry Postman delivering mail Man working on his boat Woman watering plants in greenhouse Tracking shot of main shopping street from automobile CUs People in different walks of life talking on the telephone CUs hands dialing phones with number MYtown 4-3122 Man climbing telephone pole, seen from below (good) CUs line of operators at work, busy (good) Woman supervisor walks behind line of operators Night switchboard with many fewer operators CUs faces of operators talking into headsets (good) Information operator woman on phone asking for number of Wilson’s Meat Market CUs Operator plugging into jacks and filling out billing cards More CUs of operators woman calling in emergency car accident operator handling emergency call huge conflagration exterior, explosion Hurricane footage Disaster footage (fires, hurricane) shown over faces of operators Traffic cop standing in white circle on main street directing traffic construction and heavy…
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Details
- Running time
- 37 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0878_Town_and_the_Telephone_The_02_01_03_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Hmmm.. The acronym spells TTATT... · Spuzz · 2016-02-06
Enjoyed this one a lot for some odd reason. Shows the advancement of the telephone all across the country. Has a lot of emphasis on telephone operators which is great, and also about how telephone wires are connected. Really nice slice o' life about the telephone as we know it (circa da 50's), before the breakup of the master jiggernaut, A T & T..