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13171_17229_telephone_system4

1950s
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Long shot of man working on a ladder on the side/roof of a house’s garage. An older boy walks out to him. Cuts to a closer shot of the telephone installer explaining how the wires and cable work connecting from each telephone pole to home. Camera follows wire from the house to the telephone pole and out to the many other poles and cables on the street. Cuts to a medium shot of men working with many bunches of wires in the phone center’s central office. Medium close up shot of switching equipment those wires are hooked up to. Cuts back to a medium shot of the telephone installer on a ladder by the roof hooking up the house with a telephone line. Medium shot of the older boy on grass. Man on roof starts twisting pieces into place with a wrench. Fades to close up of a hand dialing with the round dialer on a cream colored telephone and then hangs up the phone. Then picks up the phone cutting to a longer shot of the telephone installer and lady of the house as the man sets up the telephone. He hands to her and explains telephone directories.