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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Speeding Speech
- Year
- 1950
- Abstract
- Automation in the telephone industry dispenses with operator long distance dialing to complete calls faster.
- Notes
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Produced: Sound Masters
Sponsor: American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (AT&T)
Run Time: 10:06
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W - Keyword
- Communication: Telephone
- Theme
- Another fascinating glimpse behind the scenes
- Review
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This film offers very interesting insight into long-distance operation before direct distance dialling. Regardless of whether one is simply too young to remember operator-dependent long-distance service or one remembers such service but never knew what technology was behind it when it just entered a phase of rapid transition into fully automatic direct distance dialling service, the information the film provides about how an operator handled different types of calls is fascinating.
(Reviewer: Markus Stamm) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F