Invisible Diplomats
Invisible Diplomats is a short film from 1965 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
18:04:22:14 CU pot boiling over on stove.
18:04:30:18 CU phone mounted on wall ring; early 1960s touch pad phone with missing two buttons, pound and star; woman answers phone; brings phone to woman in the bathroom, stretching the cord from the kitchen, woman talks on phone from the bathroom.
18:05:28:12 Late 1960s woman in bubbly bathtub with bouffant hairstyle wearing makeup.
18:05:37:11 CU 1960s red-head woman wearing red lipstick and pearl necklace talks to herself $60000 orders , woman looks into camera and raises eyebrows He can afford to get married.. then mutters men ; woman in bubble bath raises leg out of water and responds to friend in kitchen And what s the matter with men? ; woman cooking in kitchen says to woman in bath with mocking tone Not a thing, I m all for them. I think every woman should have one. But they have all the fun in business..but what can we gals at the switchboard point to..
18:06:31:00 CU woman opens cupboard and replaces container on shelf, shot dissolves into telephone switchboard; zoom out to woman working at the switchboard; VS woman patching calls.
18:09:28:03 desk with touchpad phone beside clock ringing, blinking light on phone; CU ringing touch phone with missing pound and star buttons; African American and White girl walk into empty office, African American girl tells White girl to put the memo and the magazines in the in tray, and you take the stuff out that is in the out tray , African American girl tells white mail girl not to answer the phone, White girls says as she is leaving the office shouldn t somebody answer that, it might be important.
18:11:24:27 VS phone operator in office building working at semi-automatic switchboard patches call to Toledo, Ohio.
18:13:11:11 Female telephone operator at the switchboard (PBX board), woman patches call; CU ringing 1950s touchpad phone, white light flashes on phone.
18:14:51:29 VS two women in private office, red-head woman behind the desk, blonde woman passing back and forth; blonde woman bursts out in angry frustration you know everyday I take that board I tell myself I am going to have that voice with a smile and the patience of Job Ahhh wasted time and frustration.
18:17:28:05 Man in an executive office seated at desk on telephone, man says into phone with accent I would like to speak with Se or Bullord, this Pierre Perrante from Caracas, Pierre Perrante Caracas ; woman at PBX switchboard patches call, CU disembodied woman s arm plug cable into input on patchboard.
18:18:32:02 CU clock on desk reads 3:15, phone beside clock rings, man at desk doesn t answer phone.
18:19:30:23 Man on phone behind desk clenching fist stands up and cries in desperation into phone try to find him, call the Venezuelan Consolate, if they don t know where he is, try the hotel, but find Perrante.
18:19:45:21 VS cross-cut between office switchboard operator and Venezuelan businessman; POV shot of office operator gaze over office switchboard to handwritten not in cursive reads Mr. Quinn in drafting room ; Venezuelan businessman with accent tells American businessman over phone I think we do business.
18:20:58:12 Attractive woman in red dress struggles with dress zipper, her friend in yellow outfit zips her dress up; woman in yellow answer door, tells man he looks like Gig Young, man looks to camera and says you meet the nicest people on the telephone sometimes and grabs his date in red dress by the arm, woman in yellow says I wish I could get that message across to some people I know , man turns to woman in yellow and says Well, I ll tell you what, have them see this movie and exits apartment with woman in red dress; woman in yellow closes door behind them, turns to camera and says Well raising her eyebrow.| Invisible Diplomats | |
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| Produced by | Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions |
Production company | Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions |
| Distributed by | Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions |
Release date | 1965 |
Running time | 21:00 |
| Language | English |
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