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Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell
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Alexander Graham Bell changed the world with the invention of the telephone. It's hard to imagine life without it. We even carry one in our pockets. But in 1877, no one could have imagined how this electronic device would be so integrated into our daily lives.
Alexander Graham Bell
(1947) 31 min
The Bell System produced this movie during the anniversary of the birth of Alexander Graham Bell. This short biopic covers the invention of the telephone and Bell's commitment to the helping the hearing impaired.
Far Speaking
(1935) 11 min
This film is a general history of the development of the telephone from 1877 to 1935. The growth of long distance service is the main focus of this presentation. At the time, it was a phenomenom to pick up a phone and talk to someone on the other side of the country - or the world.
Dial Telephone Comes to Town
20 min
The Bell System needed to bring the public on board with their latest improvement to the telephone - the dial. So they put out this film to ease a wary public of this new innovation. Gramps is fuming over this new contraption.
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