Speeding Speech
Speeding Speech is a short film from ca. 1950s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
excellent stock shots of a variety of people using the telephone;
dialing telephone long distance; smoking a cigarette; switchboard operators; introduction of operator toll dialing: new equipment which reduces the time it takes for long distance call to go through very detailed explanation of how automatic switching equipment works; and how telephone calls are routed through different cities; Bell Labs people doing research; manufacture and assembly of Western Electric electronic telephone switches; installation of giant banks of switches;
2:59:35- 4:09:67
Nice aerial view of a cityicons of operators ("girls") pop up on the screen indicating how things were before direct lines (toll calls). "Girl" A connects with Girl B, etc... By the end, icons of operators are all over the screen atop the aerial view of the city.
worth noting: some excellent sounds of pushbutton phones with melodramatic music laid over them.| Speeding Speech | |
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| Produced by | Sound Masters |
Production company | Sound Masters |
| Distributed by | Sound Masters |
Release date | ca. 1950s |
Running time | 10:06 |
| Language | English |
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