1940-1949RADIO
BELL TELEPHONE FOOTAGE OF EARLY RADIO PROGRAM BEING BROADCAST. BEHIND-THE-SCENES.
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OPENING TITLES
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CU MALE OBOE PLAYER.
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VIOLIN SECTION OF THE BELL TELEPHONE ORCHESTRA TUNING UP.
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KETTLE DRUM PLAYER.
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF THE ENTIRE ORCHESTRA IN STUDIO.
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TROMBONE PLAYER.
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MORE VIOLINS AND HARPIST.
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FLOYD MACK IN TUXEDO COMES UP TO NBC MICROPHONE TO INTRODUCE SELF.
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DONALD VOORHEES, CONDUCTOR OF ORCHESTRA. LITTLE BOW.
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TOM SHIRLEY, SITTING IN FOLDING CHAIR READING SCRIPT. THE VOICE OF THE BELL SYSTEM.
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TOM TALKS TO SELF, LOOKS UP, SMILES.
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PIANIST JOSEF HOFMAN ENTERS. BOWS, ORCHESTRA APPLAUDS.
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WIDE SHOT OF ALL MALE ORCHESTRA.
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SHOT OF PEOPLE IN CONTROL BOOTH.
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WALLACE MCGILL, DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM.
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CU OF CLOCK ON WALL. ALMOST 9 O'CLOCK.
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ORCHESTRA GETS READY WHILE PAN UP TO HUGE MAP OF AMERICA ON BACK WALL.
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POINTS OF LIGHT ON MAP LIGHT UP REPRESENTING RADIO STATIONS.
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DIRECTOR POINTS FOR ACTION.
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CU CONDUCTOR HOLDS HIS BATON UP & CONDUCTS ORCHESTRA.
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FLOYD MACK ANNOUNCES INTO THE MICROPHONE THE BEGINNING OF THE TELEPHONE HOUR. READS SCRIPT.
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CU CONDUCTOR. DRAMATIC.
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BELL TELEPHONE ORCHESTRA
GOMEZ OPERA OVERTURE
BELL TELEPHONE ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE OVERTURE TO A GOMEZ OPERA. ITALIAN.
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PEOPLE IN CONTROL ROOM LISTEN TO ORCHESTRA PLAY.
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CU CONDUCTOR DONALD VOORHEES.
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ORCHESTRA PLAYING.
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CU MEN IN CONTROL BOOTH, STUDIO ENGINEERS, WEARING HEAD PHONES, AT CONTROL PANELS.
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CU TECHNICIANS PLUGGING IN PATCH CABLES, ON PHONE.
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MAN WORKING. TELEGRAPH MAN. CU MACHINE TAPPING OUT MORSE CODE.
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PAN DOWN WALL OF CABLES, HOLES, RADIO NETWORK CONNECTING RADIO STATIONS.
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BEHIND THE CONTROL PANELS. HOW RADIO WORKS.
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LOTS OF WIRES.
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CU OF VU METERS, NEEDLE MOVING
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MAP OF UNITED STATES, ANIMATED LINES GO OUT, REPRESENTING NETWORK OF WIRES.
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IMAGES OF TELEPHONE POLES, MEN WORKING WITH HUGE CABLES, SMALL TOWN, DIRT ROAD, MOUNTAINS SUPERIMPOSED OVER MAP.
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MAN WITH HEAD PHONES, MALE TELEPHONE OPERATOR.
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MAN CHECKING CABLES.
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PAN DOWN WIRES ON TELEPHONE POLE
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QUICK MONTAGE OF BULBS, WIRES, CONTROLS, ETC, FOR RADIO BROADCAST AND TELEPHONES.
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TELEGRAPH OPERATOR WRITING DOWN MESSAGE.
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CONTROL BOOTH IN STUDIO.
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ORCHESTRA PLAYING
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CU CONDUCTOR FRANTICALLY CONDUCTING, HAIR MESSY
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FLOYD MACK ANNOUNCER READS SCRIPT.
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JOSEF HOFMAN
RACHMANINOFF PRELUDE IN C SHARP MINOR
JOSEF HOFMAN AT GRAND PIANO. PLAYS PRELUDE IN C SHARP MINOR BY SERGEI RACHMANINOFF. CU HANDS ON PIANO.
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TONY SHIRLEY READS SCRIPT IN MICROPHONE. TALKS ABOUT TELEVISION.
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ANIMATED SEQUENCE ABOUT CROSS COUNTRY TELEPHONE.
TELEPHONE POLES & WIRES. POLE STARTS SMALL. EXPANDS HIGH. TOO MANY WIRES. WIRES TWISTED INTO SINGLE CABLE. CROSS-SECTION OF CABLE. |
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TELEPHONE POLE
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BIG ROLLS OF CABLE UNWOUND TO GO UNDERGROUND.
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TOM SHIRLEY.
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CU HAND HOLDS A COAXIAL CABLE. CROSS-SECTION.
SMALL AND HUGE CABLE. |
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PILE OF HUGE CROSS-SECTION CABLES.
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PAN UP TO MAP FROM MR. SHIRLEY.
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NETWORK LINES APPEAR ON MAP TO REPRESENT TV LINES.
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SHOT OF CATALINA ISLAND
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STATUE OF LIBERTY.
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THE TOWER BRIDGE IN LONDON WITH THE DRAWBRIDGE UP & SHIP PASSING THROUGH.
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PAN OF AN OCEAN LINER
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CU MAP AREAS OF CERTAIN PARTS OF THE EAST COAST INCLUDING NORFOLK, VIRGINIA TO CAPE CHARLES, BOSTON TO PROVINCETOWN.
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PAN UP HUGE BUILDING. BELL TELEPHONE BUILDING.
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NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE, INCLUDES EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN DISTANCE.
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MAP OF EAST COAST INCLUDES NEW YORK CITY, LONG ISLAND, TO BOSTON. ANIMATED LIGHTNING BOLTS TO REPRESENT MICROWAVES.
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TOM SHIRLEY FINISHES ANNOUNCEMENT.
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DONALD VOORHEES CONDUCTS ORCHESTRA.
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ANNOUNCER FLOYD MACK.
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JOSEF HOFFMAN
BEETHOVEN CONCERTO NO. 5 IN E FLAT
JOSEF HOFFMAN JOINS THE ORCHESTRA TO PLAY THE LAST MOVEMENT OF BEETHOVEN'S CONCERTO NO. 5 IN E FLAT, THE EMPEROR CONCERTO. BIZARRE ANGLE OF PIANIST.
CONDUCTOR. |
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CONDUCTOR VOORHEES SHAKES HANDS WITH PIANIST HOFMAN
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CLOCK ON WALL READS 9:30.
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DIRECTOR IN CONTROL BOOTH POINTS TO ANNOUNCER TO READ FAREWELL.
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PULL OUT TO ORCHESTRA.
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END CREDITS
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