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CU ZOOM AWAY POSTER ON EXECUTIVES DESK SHOWS DRAWING OF DIAL UP TELEPHONE, CIRCA 1940S, WITH MAP OF U. S. A., AND WRITTEN ARTICLE TITLED,"YOUR PHONE HAS IN IT 433 PARTS". ZOOM AWAY EXECUTIVE AT DESK RESTS HIS HEAD ON HAND IN PENSIVE WAY, SPEAKS ABOUT THE MATERIALS PHONES ARE MADE OF AS HE STARES AT POSTER.
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EXECUTIVE IS ASTOUNDED AS CARTOON CHARACTER "TOMMY TELEPHONE" APPEARS ON POSTER, SPEAKS TO HIM, SAYS, "I KNOW AN EASY WAY TO MAKE TELEPHONES. TOMMY JUMPS ON TELEPHONE AND PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC ON LINES LEADING FROM PHONE TO LOCATIONS ON MAP AS THOUGH THEY WERE STRINGS ON HARP.
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TOMMY FALLS OFF TELEPHONE, STRINGS COME TUMBLING ON HIM. CU MAN LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY. facial expressions. CU TOMMY HOLDS UP PAPER LABELS SHOWING NAMES OF MATERIALS USED IN TELEPHONES.
"COPPER. NICKEL, LEAD WAX. COTTON.........". MAN ASKS TOMMY HOW HE EXPECTS TO MAKE 433 TELEPHONE PARTS WITH THOSE PAPER LABELS?" TOMMY TELLS HIM HOW. |
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TOMMY WAVES HANDS LIKE MAGICIAN UNTIL ORGAN GRINDER-LIKE BOX APPEARS ON DESK. CU FACIAL EXPRESSION OF. AWE ON MAN'S FACE. TOMMY THROWS PAPER LABELS INTO GRINDER, TURNS WHEEL ON
GRINDER. AS MUSIC PLAYS HUNDREDS OF TELEPHONE PARTS POUR OUT OF GRINDER. |
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TOMMY TELEPHONE DIVES INTO THE PARTS. MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS PARTS MAGICALLY ASSEMBLE THEMSELVES . CU RINGER ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLES ITSELF TO THE BEAT OF THE MUSIC..
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OTHER PARTS OF TELEPHONE BEGIN TO LINE UP LIKE TIN SOLDIERS. TOMMY PRODUCES BATON AND CONDUCTS MUSIC AS PARTS MARCH AS THEY ASSEMBLE TO SOUND MARCHING BAND MUSIC. CU BELL ASSEMBLY RINGING AS EACH SECTION ASSEMBLES MAGICALLY IN PROPER ORDER.
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THE MANY PARTS ASSEMBLES THEMSELVES INTO PHONE DIAL
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MONTAGE PHONE GUTS ARE ASSEMBLED, OTHER PARTS ARE ADDED, MOUTHPIECE BEING ASSEMBLED. DIAL BEING ADDED TO BASE, IT TURNS OVER TO ALLOW WIRING TO ASSEMBLE. MOUTH PIECE MARCHES ONTO CARRIAGE, PHONE IS COMPLETE. MCU TOMMY TELEPHONE TAKES A BOW.
EXECUTIVE APPLAUDS IN F/G. |
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CU TOMMY TELEPHONE SHOWS EXPRESSION OD SHOCK AS HE IS TOLD HE FORGOT THE CORD. TOMMY RUNS TO ORGAN GRINDER, GRINDS OUT THE TELEPHONE CORD.
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TILT UP TOMMY CLIMBS UP TELEPHONE POLE UNTIL IT SPELLS OUT "THE END".
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END.
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