1950-1959COMMUNICATIONS
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LATE 1940s, EARLY 1950s HOME. DOORBELL RINGING TEENAGED GIRL ANSWERS DOOR. TAKES MAN'S HAT.
1940s MOTHER, HOUSEWIFE DRYING HANDS ON APRON, SHAKES HANDS WITH VISITOR. GIRL SITS ON ARM OF COUCH. MOTHER WIFE CALLS UP TO HUSBAND. SITS & CHATS TO MAN UNTIL FATHER COMES DOWN. |
| 01:41:34 65.13 |
FATHER ENTERS ROOM, THE WOMEN, WIFE & DAUGHTER LEAVE ROOM SO MEN CAN DISCUSS BUSINESS. MAN LOOKING FOR NEW JOB IN CONSTRUCTION. MAN LIGHTS PIPE, EXPLAINS JOB DESCRIPTION OF TELEPHONE LINEMAN
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| 01:42:40 131.13 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS TYPES OF RURAL TELEPHONE ELECTRICAL POLES, LINES. CABLE LINES TO FIVE ARM, OPEN WIRE LEADS. BRACKET LINES.
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| 01:43:02 153.13 |
URBAN TELEPHONE CABLE INSTALLERS LAYING CABLE UNDERGROUND IN MANHOLE. MEN WORKING SIGN.
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| 01:43:32 183.13 |
LINEMEN INSTALLING TELEPHONE POLE. TEAM WORK
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| 01:44:24 235.13 |
MAN EXPLAINS AERIAL CABLE JOB FROM BEGINNING TO END. PRELIMINARY SURVEY. ENGINEERS IN OFFICE WORKING ON PLANS. EXPLAINING TO OLD FARMER WHERE TELEPHONE LINES WILL RUN. GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC. SECURING RIGHT OF WAY FROM LAND OWNERS.
STAKING OUT ROUTE OF LINE. POLE ON GROUND. TRUCK TRANSPORTS LINE CREW TO LOCATION. |
| 01:45:50 321.13 |
PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION TELEPHONE LINES. LINE TRUCK DELIVERS LINE CREW TO LOCATION. TRUCK CONTAINS ALL TOOLS NECESSARY. TOOLBOX ON WHEELS.
MEN UNLOAD TRUCK. SAFETY MEASURES, WORKER PLACES MEN WORKING SIGN ON ROAD. STARTING WORK, DIGGING POLE HOLES. DIGGING BY HAND. SHOVEL, DIGGING BAR & CURVED SHOVEL CALLED A SPOON. HOLE DIGGER. POWER DRIVEN DRILL. ROTARY AUGER ATTACHED TO TRUCK DIGS HOLES NEAR ROAD. |
| 01:47:52 443.13 |
WORKER DRILLING HOLES IN POLES. PREPARING POLES FOR SETTING. POWER DRIVEN WINCH PICKS UP THE POLE & SWINGS IN INTO POSITION OVER THE HOLE. LINE CREW GUIDES POLE INTO PLACE. THREE MEN STRAIGHTEN THE POLE WITH LONG POLES CALLED PIKES. FILL HOLE WITH DIRT & ROCKS FILLING IN AROUND POLE.
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| 01:49:02 513.13 |
LOW ANGLE GUYED POLES. PROCESS OF GUYING POLES.
LONG STEEL ROD WITH AN ANCHOR AT ONE END PUT INTO DEEP HOLE. TAMPING EARTH IN HOLE. WORKER PREPARES GUY WIRE, STEEL CABLE, INSERTING AN INSULATOR INTO GUY WIRE. PLACING GUY WIRE IN GUY BOLT, SECURING WITH A CLAMP. |
| 01:50:16 587.13 |
LINEMAN WEARING CLIMBERS, BODY BELT & SAFETY STRAP LINEMAN CLIMBS POLE TO PULL UP THE GUY. WRAPS SAFETY STRAP AROUND HIM. ATTACHES GUY TO ANCHOR ROD, TIGHTENS CLAMP.
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LINEMEN CLEANING UP AROUND SIGHT AFTER COMPLETING WORK
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| 01:51:32 663.13 |
OLDER MAN GETS UP, BRINGS OVER INSTRUCTIONS, LIST OF PRACTICES ON PUTTING UP CABLE, GIVES MAN INTERESTED IN JOB PAPERS TO LOOK OVER. CU DIAGRAM.
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| 01:52:19 710.13 |
LINEMEN PUTTING UP STEEL STRAND THAT SUPPORTS GUY CABLE. LINEMEN WALKING STEEL STRAND, RAISING AT EACH POLE, PLACED OVER BOLT. SECURING STRAND.
CHAIN HOIST USED TO PULL UP STRAND TO PROPER TENSION. |
| 01:53:18 769.13 |
LINEMAN CONSULTS CHART FOR PROPER TENSION DEPENDS ON AIR TEMPERATURE. TIGHTENS STRANDS.
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| 01:53:54 805.13 |
LINEMEN UNREEL CABLE FROM A CABLE TRAILER. CABLE & WIRE WRAPPED TOGETHER. LASHING MACHINE. LINEMAN MOVES LASHING MACHINE FROM ONE SIDE OF POLE TO THE OTHER. CABLE TERMINAL MOUNTED ON POLE. SMALL BOX.
LINEMAN ATTACHES STEPS TO TERMINAL POLE. |
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COMPLETED TELEPHONE LINES, POLES.
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| 01:55:20 891.13 |
PIPE SMOKING LINEMAN EXPLAINING TO YOUNG MAN WHAT UNDERGROUND CABLE JOB ENTAILS.
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| 01:56:00 931.13 |
PROCESS OF LINE CREW INSTALLING UNDERGROUND CABLES. CREW PLACING MEN WORKING SIGNS AROUND MANHOLE. PLACING GUARDS & FLAGS AROUND MANHOLE.
CABLE REEL SET UP ON JACKS. CABLE PULLED IN FROM MANHOLE THROUGH UNDERGROUND CONDUIT SYSTEM. APPLYING GREASE TO CABLE WITH BRUSH. LINE TRUCK SUPPLIES THE POWER TO PULL CABLE. |
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LATE 1940s, EARLY 1950s HOUSEWIFE BRINGS SNACK TRAY OF COFFEE & CAKE TO MEN TALKING IN LIVING ROOM. CU CAKE WITH SLICES MISSING.
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LINEMEN ADD CIRCUIT TO OPEN WIRE POLE. COILS OF WIRE PLACED ON PAYOUT REELS, PULLED ALONG THE GROUND, TRUCK PULLS THE WIRE CLOSE TO ROAD.
LINEMEN PULL WIRE BY HAND. LONG WIRE RAISING TOOL PLACES THE WIRE ON CROSS ARMS. LINEMEN ATTACHING CABLE WIRES |
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LINEMAN CLIMBING DOWN POLE
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| 01:58:46 1097.13 |
CU LINEMAN TYING IN NEW LINE
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| 01:58:57 1108.13 |
PAN LINE FROM POLE TO HOUSE
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| 01:59:16 1127.13 |
MONTAGE LINEMEN WORKING REMOVING PLANT THAT HAS SERVED ITS PURPOSE OR HAS BEEN REPLACED, LINEMAN CLIMBS POLE, REMOVES LINE. LINEMEN REMOVING POLE, LINEMEN REMOVING CABLE FROM MANHOLE
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| 01:59:35 1146.13 |
OLDER COUPLE ENTERTAINING YOUNG MAN IN THEIR HOME
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| 01:59:48 1159.13 |
NATURAL DISASTERS. FLOODED CITY. TROLLEY STREET CAR SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATERS. RAGING WATERS.
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| 01:59:55 1166.13 |
1950s CAR WRAPPED AROUND TELEPHONE POLE. CAR HIT TELEPHONE POLE, CAR ACCIDENT. CAR CRASH.
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| 01:59:59 1170.13 |
LINEMAN REPAIRING TELEPHONE POLE, CLIMBING UP POLE, REPLACING BROKEN CROSS ARM.
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OLDER COUPLE ENTERTAINING YOUNGER MAN IN LIVING ROOM
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TAPE ENDS
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