This late 1970s clip focuses on Oakland Police dispatchers, responding to emergency phone calls. Dispatchers sit at computer terminals and wear telephone headsets. 

Young female dispatcher, sitting at her desk and computer, converses with an emergency caller. Close-up of hands typing on a keyboard. The dispatcher rolls her eyes, appearing frustrated by what her caller is saying. 

Medium shot of two female dispatchers, likely listening to their headsets. 

The camera focuses on a dispatcher’s computer screen. 

A sign reads “ANSWER 911 & 3211 CALLS” and “”OAKLAND EMERGENCY - DISPATCHER (NUMBER)”” and “ALL OTHER LINES “OAKLAND POLICE (NUMBER).””

A sticker on a door’s window reads: “911 EMERGENCY FIRE POLICE MEDICAL.” 

Camera focuses on a machine that appears to display in red LEDs the phone number of incoming phone calls.

A black male dispatcher, wearing an Oakland Police uniform and a large afro, sits at his computer terminal. There are also shots of a white male dispatcher, speaking to someone using his headset.