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{{Filmjr |title=Town and the Telephone, The |embid=0878_Town_and_the_Telephone_The_02_01_03_00 |embsv=archiveorg |desc=Followed by an outro by and about Southwestern Bell Telephone | {{Filmjr |title=Town and the Telephone, The |embid=0878_Town_and_the_Telephone_The_02_01_03_00 |embsv=archiveorg |desc=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.|forma=16mm |year=ca. late 1950s |up=|next=|prev=|step= |lang=English |pbrs=Murphy (Owen) Productions |heldby=PA |len=27:21 |link= |bw= |ani= |ewid= }} | ||
== Shot List == | |||
NOT ALL SHOTS LOGGED ' good film, return to | NOT ALL SHOTS LOGGED ' good film, return to | ||
Two men looking at a blueprint in front of a building construction site | * 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 | * Family moving into a new house ' kids running into front door, mom posing with kids on stoop | ||
Kids at playground | * Kids at playground | ||
Milkman delivering milk to side door | * Milkman delivering milk to side door | ||
Older woman sweeping her front steps | * Older woman sweeping her front steps | ||
Housewife hanging up laundry | * Housewife hanging up laundry | ||
Postman delivering mail | * Postman delivering mail | ||
Man working on his boat | * Man working on his boat | ||
Woman watering plants in greenhouse | * Woman watering plants in greenhouse | ||
Tracking shot of main shopping street from automobile | * Tracking shot of main shopping street from automobile | ||
CUs People in different walks of life talking on the telephone | * CUs People in different walks of life talking on the telephone | ||
CUs hands dialing phones with number MYtown 4-3122 | * CUs hands dialing phones with number MYtown 4-3122 | ||
Man climbing telephone pole, seen from below (good) | * Man climbing telephone pole, seen from below (good) | ||
CUs line of operators at work, busy (good) | * CUs line of operators at work, busy (good) | ||
Woman supervisor walks behind line of operators | * Woman supervisor walks behind line of operators | ||
Night switchboard with many fewer operators | * Night switchboard with many fewer operators | ||
CUs faces of operators talking into headsets (good) | * CUs faces of operators talking into headsets (good) | ||
Information operator | * Information operator | ||
MCU woman on phone asking for number of Wilson's Meat Market | * MCU woman on phone asking for number of Wilson's Meat Market | ||
CUs Operator plugging into jacks and filling out billing cards | * CUs Operator plugging into jacks and filling out billing cards | ||
More CUs of operators | * More CUs of operators | ||
MCU woman calling in emergency car accident | * MCU woman calling in emergency car accident | ||
CU operator handling emergency call | * CU operator handling emergency call | ||
LS huge conflagration exterior, explosion | * LS huge conflagration exterior, explosion | ||
Hurricane footage | * Hurricane footage | ||
Disaster footage (fires, hurricane) shown over faces of operators | * Disaster footage (fires, hurricane) shown over faces of operators | ||
Traffic cop standing in white circle on main street directing traffic | * Traffic cop standing in white circle on main street directing traffic | ||
VS construction and heavy equipment in operation (bulldozer and operator) | * VS construction and heavy equipment in operation (bulldozer and operator) | ||
MS steam shovel dumping load of dirt in front of camera | * MS steam shovel dumping load of dirt in front of camera | ||
Group of telephone installers getting work assignments from installation supervisor | * Group of telephone installers getting work assignments from installation supervisor | ||
Installer putting in line, talking to young boy asking question: 'Where does this wire go?' (EXCELLENT PHONE PHREAK IMAGE) | * Installer putting in line, talking to young boy asking question: 'Where does this wire go?' (EXCELLENT PHONE PHREAK IMAGE) | ||
Installer explains cable has 100 wires in it, connects to phones | * Installer explains cable has 100 wires in it, connects to phones | ||
Pan from cable box on top of pole down neighborhood street | * Pan from cable box on top of pole down neighborhood street | ||
VS in central office, including switching equipment | * VS in central office, including switching equipment | ||
CU fingers dialing: phone number is Andrew 9-9945 | * CU fingers dialing: phone number is Andrew 9-9945 | ||
Installer tells housewife her phone is ready, gives her directory | * Installer tells housewife her phone is ready, gives her directory | ||
She thanks installer | * She thanks installer | ||
Supervisor pulls up in car to check on how installer is doing; installer asks how the other departments fit into the picture | * Supervisor pulls up in car to check on how installer is doing; installer asks how the other departments fit into the picture | ||
'All of us in the telephone company are organized to do just one thing: to give people good telephone service.' | * 'All of us in the telephone company are organized to do just one thing: to give people good telephone service.' | ||
Review of how people get new phone service: | * Review of how people get new phone service: | ||
Woman in business office talking to a service representative in the Commercial Department | * Woman in business office talking to a service representative in the Commercial Department | ||
CU well-dressed woman with hat talking to service rep | * CU well-dressed woman with hat talking to service rep | ||
VS people talking on phone in kitchen; woman in bed talking on phone; man in chef's hat during family barbecue talking on extension phone while family is out on the terrace (patio) | * VS people talking on phone in kitchen; woman in bed talking on phone; man in chef's hat during family barbecue talking on extension phone while family is out on the terrace (patio) | ||
VS telco workers in action: | * VS telco workers in action: | ||
CU typing out order form | * CU typing out order form | ||
Clerk sitting in front of files assigns line | * Clerk sitting in front of files assigns line | ||
CU Teletype prints out order | * CU Teletype prints out order | ||
Frame technician hooks up cable pair to frame | * Frame technician hooks up cable pair to frame | ||
Boss: 'We've all got a lot to learn, Ted.' | * Boss: 'We've all got a lot to learn, Ted.' | ||
VS service representatives talking on the phone | * VS service representatives talking on the phone | ||
Customers paying bills at phone office | * Customers paying bills at phone office | ||
CU section of telephone directory listings | * CU section of telephone directory listings | ||
Directory sections coming off printing press | * Directory sections coming off printing press | ||
CU 'MYTOWN' telephone directory cover | * CU 'MYTOWN' telephone directory cover | ||
Collectors collecting coins from pay phones | * Collectors collecting coins from pay phones | ||
Salesmen pitching phone equipment and Yellow Pages advertising to business customers | * Salesmen pitching phone equipment and Yellow Pages advertising to business customers | ||
MS draftsmen in drafting room working on large drawings | * MS draftsmen in drafting room working on large drawings | ||
Supervisor comes over to draftsman; they check out details of drawing together | * Supervisor comes over to draftsman; they check out details of drawing together | ||
VS laying underground and overhead telephone cable | * VS laying underground and overhead telephone cable | ||
Cable winding equipment passes by camera (good) | * Cable winding equipment passes by camera (good) | ||
Engineer talking to homebuilder regarding immediate telephone installation when houses are completed. | * Engineer talking to homebuilder regarding immediate telephone installation when houses are completed. | ||
'Some builders don't include us in our plans, and then homeowners have to wait for their telephone service to be installed.' | * 'Some builders don't include us in our plans, and then homeowners have to wait for their telephone service to be installed.' | ||
CU auger drilling into earth, pulling up dirt (good construction shot) | * CU auger drilling into earth, pulling up dirt (good construction shot) | ||
Setting poles into holes in ground | * Setting poles into holes in ground | ||
Stringing cable onto poles | * Stringing cable onto poles | ||
Lineman installing terminals at top of pole | * Lineman installing terminals at top of pole | ||
VS clerks and workers in accounting office | * VS clerks and workers in accounting office | ||
Women working on accounting machines, checking ledgers | * Women working on accounting machines, checking ledgers | ||
Woman working on paycheck printer; CU paychecks being printed | * Woman working on paycheck printer; CU paychecks being printed | ||
CU fingers on IBM card punch (good) | * CU fingers on IBM card punch (good) | ||
CU IBM cards moving through punch (good) | * CU IBM cards moving through punch (good) | ||
VS CU IBM card sorter in action (good) | * VS CU IBM card sorter in action (good) | ||
CU machine printing out bills and stuffing envelopes, adding postage (good) | * CU machine printing out bills and stuffing envelopes, adding postage (good) | ||
Montage of telephones turning around; Bell vignette in middle, all 1960s-vintage color phones (good) | * Montage of telephones turning around; Bell vignette in middle, all 1960s-vintage color phones (good) | ||
Low-angle shot of prosperous people walking on Main Street | * Low-angle shot of prosperous people walking on Main Street | ||
Smiling cop directing traffic | * Smiling cop directing traffic | ||
Lineman on top of pole in suburban area, reeling down along cable (good) | * Lineman on top of pole in suburban area, reeling down along cable (good) | ||
Fingers on adding machines and accounting machines | * Fingers on adding machines and accounting machines | ||
Meeting of white-collar workers in personnel department | * Meeting of white-collar workers in personnel department | ||
Man opening letter at his mailbox, smoking cigar, smiling | * Man opening letter at his mailbox, smoking cigar, smiling | ||
Doctor and nurse looking at worker's arm | * Doctor and nurse looking at worker's arm | ||
Legal workers in law library | * Legal workers in law library | ||
Public relations department | * Public relations department | ||
Ad designers | * Ad designers | ||
MS Woman starts 16mm projector (good) | * MS Woman starts 16mm projector (good) | ||
Tour of telephone central office with town residents | * Tour of telephone central office with town residents | ||
Explanation of how AT&T, Western Electric and Bell Laboratories all fit together | * Explanation of how AT&T, Western Electric and Bell Laboratories all fit together | ||
Pan up AT&T headquarters in New York City | * Pan up AT&T headquarters in New York City | ||
Map showing different Bell operating companies | * Map showing different Bell operating companies | ||
Explanation of the operating companies and their relationship to AT&T | * Explanation of the operating companies and their relationship to AT&T | ||
Diagram (abstract) of Long Lines connections between cities | * Diagram (abstract) of Long Lines connections between cities | ||
Map of the United States with dots representing independent phone companies | * Map of the United States with dots representing independent phone companies | ||
VS microwave relay towers of AT&T Long Lines system | * VS microwave relay towers of AT&T Long Lines system | ||
Cable-laying chips | * Cable-laying chips | ||
TV network transmission control with video monitor | * TV network transmission control with video monitor | ||
Guard opens iron gate into Western Electric factory | * Guard opens iron gate into Western Electric factory | ||
Telephone assembly lines (good) | * Telephone assembly lines (good) | ||
Reels of cable winding (good) | * Reels of cable winding (good) | ||
Workers assembling switching equipment | * Workers assembling switching equipment | ||
Boxes moving down conveyor belt | * Boxes moving down conveyor belt | ||
Hands picking up parts from warehouse shelves (good) | * Hands picking up parts from warehouse shelves (good) | ||
Forklift moving telephone booth by camera (good) | * Forklift moving telephone booth by camera (good) | ||
Men loading Western Electric cartons into airplane (for emergency use) | * Men loading Western Electric cartons into airplane (for emergency use) | ||
Aerial flyby White Alice towers in Alaska (good) | * Aerial flyby White Alice towers in Alaska (good) | ||
Radomes on DEW Line (good) | * Radomes on DEW Line (good) | ||
LS guided missile taking off, SOF (good) | * LS guided missile taking off, SOF (good) | ||
Sign: Bell Telephone Laboratories | * Sign: Bell Telephone Laboratories | ||
VS Bell Labs buildings | * VS Bell Labs buildings | ||
Inside Bell Labs | * Inside Bell Labs | ||
MS man looking at/through some kind of optical device | * MS man looking at/through some kind of optical device | ||
Engineer with sliderules and pads at drafting table | * Engineer with sliderules and pads at drafting table | ||
Various experiments and testing around new phones | * Various experiments and testing around new phones | ||
CU fingers on new 10-button touch-tone phone (old design) (good) | * CU fingers on new 10-button touch-tone phone (old design) (good) | ||
Engineers testing new electronic switching systems (good) | * Engineers testing new electronic switching systems (good) | ||
CU soldering iron pointing to transistors on circuit board | * CU soldering iron pointing to transistors on circuit board | ||
CU board filled with transistors | * CU board filled with transistors | ||
Various shots soldering/electronic assembly | * Various shots soldering/electronic assembly | ||
Transistorized devices rotating on turntable in front of camera (good) including radio, components, etc. | * Transistorized devices rotating on turntable in front of camera (good) including radio, components, etc. | ||
Older man meets older woman on main shopping street; they shake hands | * Older man meets older woman on main shopping street; they shake hands | ||
VS 'Mytown' | * VS 'Mytown' | ||
Looking up telephone pole at lineman working (from below) (good) | * Looking up telephone pole at lineman working (from below) (good) | ||
Mother and daughter looking into store window; kid's face contorts into expression of wonder | * Mother and daughter looking into store window; kid's face contorts into expression of wonder | ||
FOLLOWING PART NOT ENCODED: | === FOLLOWING PART NOT ENCODED:=== | ||
[end main film, begin Southwestern Bell outro film] | * [end main film, begin Southwestern Bell outro film] | ||
Executive follows up on first film to explain structure and operation of Southwestern Bell itself. This is for employee orientation. | * Executive follows up on first film to explain structure and operation of Southwestern Bell itself. This is for employee orientation. | ||
Finger points to outline map of U.S. divided into Bell regions (with no text labels ' just colored areas and state outlines) | * Finger points to outline map of U.S. divided into Bell regions (with no text labels ' just colored areas and state outlines) | ||
Outline map of SW Bell territory, with state lines and small dots showing independent telephone companies | * Outline map of SW Bell territory, with state lines and small dots showing independent telephone companies | ||
Much of the footage in this section repeats from THE TOWN AND THE TELEPHONE | * Much of the footage in this section repeats from THE TOWN AND THE TELEPHONE | ||
Man's hands assemble puzzle of Southwestern states on table | * Man's hands assemble puzzle of Southwestern states on table | ||
Departments: traffic, plant, commercial. | * Departments: traffic, plant, commercial. | ||
Other departments: accounting, legal, personnel, public relations. | * Other departments: accounting, legal, personnel, public relations. | ||
CU advertising artist sketching out ad | * CU advertising artist sketching out ad | ||
== See Also == | |||
[[Category:JJR]] | |||
Revision as of 21:20, 18 December 2021
Town and the Telephone, The is a short film from ca. late 1950s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
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.
| Town and the Telephone, The | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Murphy (Owen) Productions |
Production company | Murphy (Owen) Productions |
| Distributed by | Murphy (Owen) Productions |
Release date | ca. late 1950s |
Running time | 27:21 |
| Language | English |
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Shot List
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
- MCU 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
- MCU woman calling in emergency car accident
- CU operator handling emergency call
- LS 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
- VS construction and heavy equipment in operation (bulldozer and operator)
- MS steam shovel dumping load of dirt in front of camera
- Group of telephone installers getting work assignments from installation supervisor
- Installer putting in line, talking to young boy asking question: 'Where does this wire go?' (EXCELLENT PHONE PHREAK IMAGE)
- Installer explains cable has 100 wires in it, connects to phones
- Pan from cable box on top of pole down neighborhood street
- VS in central office, including switching equipment
- CU fingers dialing: phone number is Andrew 9-9945
- Installer tells housewife her phone is ready, gives her directory
- She thanks installer
- Supervisor pulls up in car to check on how installer is doing; installer asks how the other departments fit into the picture
- 'All of us in the telephone company are organized to do just one thing: to give people good telephone service.'
- Review of how people get new phone service:
- Woman in business office talking to a service representative in the Commercial Department
- CU well-dressed woman with hat talking to service rep
- VS people talking on phone in kitchen; woman in bed talking on phone; man in chef's hat during family barbecue talking on extension phone while family is out on the terrace (patio)
- VS telco workers in action:
- CU typing out order form
- Clerk sitting in front of files assigns line
- CU Teletype prints out order
- Frame technician hooks up cable pair to frame
- Boss: 'We've all got a lot to learn, Ted.'
- VS service representatives talking on the phone
- Customers paying bills at phone office
- CU section of telephone directory listings
- Directory sections coming off printing press
- CU 'MYTOWN' telephone directory cover
- Collectors collecting coins from pay phones
- Salesmen pitching phone equipment and Yellow Pages advertising to business customers
- MS draftsmen in drafting room working on large drawings
- Supervisor comes over to draftsman; they check out details of drawing together
- VS laying underground and overhead telephone cable
- Cable winding equipment passes by camera (good)
- Engineer talking to homebuilder regarding immediate telephone installation when houses are completed.
- 'Some builders don't include us in our plans, and then homeowners have to wait for their telephone service to be installed.'
- CU auger drilling into earth, pulling up dirt (good construction shot)
- Setting poles into holes in ground
- Stringing cable onto poles
- Lineman installing terminals at top of pole
- VS clerks and workers in accounting office
- Women working on accounting machines, checking ledgers
- Woman working on paycheck printer; CU paychecks being printed
- CU fingers on IBM card punch (good)
- CU IBM cards moving through punch (good)
- VS CU IBM card sorter in action (good)
- CU machine printing out bills and stuffing envelopes, adding postage (good)
- Montage of telephones turning around; Bell vignette in middle, all 1960s-vintage color phones (good)
- Low-angle shot of prosperous people walking on Main Street
- Smiling cop directing traffic
- Lineman on top of pole in suburban area, reeling down along cable (good)
- Fingers on adding machines and accounting machines
- Meeting of white-collar workers in personnel department
- Man opening letter at his mailbox, smoking cigar, smiling
- Doctor and nurse looking at worker's arm
- Legal workers in law library
- Public relations department
- Ad designers
- MS Woman starts 16mm projector (good)
- Tour of telephone central office with town residents
- Explanation of how AT&T, Western Electric and Bell Laboratories all fit together
- Pan up AT&T headquarters in New York City
- Map showing different Bell operating companies
- Explanation of the operating companies and their relationship to AT&T
- Diagram (abstract) of Long Lines connections between cities
- Map of the United States with dots representing independent phone companies
- VS microwave relay towers of AT&T Long Lines system
- Cable-laying chips
- TV network transmission control with video monitor
- Guard opens iron gate into Western Electric factory
- Telephone assembly lines (good)
- Reels of cable winding (good)
- Workers assembling switching equipment
- Boxes moving down conveyor belt
- Hands picking up parts from warehouse shelves (good)
- Forklift moving telephone booth by camera (good)
- Men loading Western Electric cartons into airplane (for emergency use)
- Aerial flyby White Alice towers in Alaska (good)
- Radomes on DEW Line (good)
- LS guided missile taking off, SOF (good)
- Sign: Bell Telephone Laboratories
- VS Bell Labs buildings
- Inside Bell Labs
- MS man looking at/through some kind of optical device
- Engineer with sliderules and pads at drafting table
- Various experiments and testing around new phones
- CU fingers on new 10-button touch-tone phone (old design) (good)
- Engineers testing new electronic switching systems (good)
- CU soldering iron pointing to transistors on circuit board
- CU board filled with transistors
- Various shots soldering/electronic assembly
- Transistorized devices rotating on turntable in front of camera (good) including radio, components, etc.
- Older man meets older woman on main shopping street; they shake hands
- VS 'Mytown'
- Looking up telephone pole at lineman working (from below) (good)
- Mother and daughter looking into store window; kid's face contorts into expression of wonder
FOLLOWING PART NOT ENCODED:
- [end main film, begin Southwestern Bell outro film]
- Executive follows up on first film to explain structure and operation of Southwestern Bell itself. This is for employee orientation.
- Finger points to outline map of U.S. divided into Bell regions (with no text labels ' just colored areas and state outlines)
- Outline map of SW Bell territory, with state lines and small dots showing independent telephone companies
- Much of the footage in this section repeats from THE TOWN AND THE TELEPHONE
- Man's hands assemble puzzle of Southwestern states on table
- Departments: traffic, plant, commercial.
- Other departments: accounting, legal, personnel, public relations.
- CU advertising artist sketching out ad