Western Electric Company "Getting It All Together" (Center Screen)

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the well to tell you the truth were very you didn't Charlie all they did was ask you All you did was ask me how I am.

And all I want to do is tell you.

Charlie, cool it, cool it, will ya? I just said a simple hello.

People say it all the time.

Simple hello? You asked me how I am, and I'm going to tell you.

I know I asked you, but it's just an expression I use.

It doesn't mean anything.

Look, people ask people all the time how they are.

They don't mean anything by it.

My gosh, if everyone I asked told me how they felt, I'd never get to work on time.

Oh, come on, Charlie.

Knock it off, will ya? Look, I'm going to pick up a newspaper before the train gets here.

Yeah, but Henry, when did you hear what happened? Look, we'll talk about it later, Charlie.

Yeah, I tell you what, we'll have lunch later.

But Henry, I need to tell you something.

Sometimes people get together.

People talking and people listening.

Understanding each other or not understanding at all.

Communicating is a basic need we all share.

Today, we have the means to exchange our ideas and emotions with people close to us or very far away.

Hello? Mom? Hey.

Where are you? Where? Are you all right? I'm all right.

I had to go away.

I didn't know what to do when I...

Mom, I just had to get away for a few days.

What's your father's barrier? Mother, we've got to talk and Dad has to talk and we all have to talk.

I'll take the bus home tonight.

And we'll meet you, OK? OK.

The world of communications carries an unceasing flow of information and ideas.

This network is made up of millions of miles of wire and billions of parts.

But most important, this communications network is made up of the people who make it work.

The world of communications and the world of communication is a world of communication and the world of communication is a world of communication and the world of communication is a world of communication and the world of communication is a world of communication and the world of communication is a world of communication and the world of communication is a world of communication and the world of communication is a world of communication You know, like, some people do something and they can't see it finally finished.

Like, that's why with telephones, you know, I should fix something, you know, I feel great about the whole thing.

I don't count it as working, I count it as accomplishing something, you know.

Our people at Western Electric are at the heart of the network.

We manufacture and install thousands of devices needed to keep the Bell System operating.

Our job is to get it all together.

The communications needs of one neighborhood are different from the needs of another, as are the needs of one business from another.

From all of the possible combinations of Western Electric equipment, our engineers and manufacturing people create systems custom designed to meet your individual needs.

That's why no two telephone exchanges we build for the Bell telephone companies are alike.

The telephone companies are alike.

Yet, all the different telephone exchanges, old and new, must work with all the others.

Like nerve endings in the complex human nervous system, each must interconnect in the harmony of the Bell Systems communications network, and it must perform.

The Bell System The Bell System The Bell System The Bell System The Bell System The Bell System The Bell System Bell Systems We design and build our equipment for a telephone network that must never fail.

Sometimes it's literally a matter of life and death.

Okay and 5 -9 Victor what runway are you requesting sir? Whatever runway you want me to use.

Continue stay in for runway 4 to wind is 3, 3 -0 degrees, travel is 1 -5.

American 229 down to the left of the highway.

Our biggest concern for performance comes new technology.

Our research partners at Bell Laboratories work at designing new ways to fill your needs.

Western Electric's rapid application of technological breakthroughs ensure high performance and the continued introduction of innovative services.

Today because of our leadership in solid state technology we make circuits of microscopic size.

This equipment can store more information than the largest computers in the world and at performance levels unequal by any computer.

Bell Labs is the pioneer in the field of lasers.

Western Electric has put this kind of light beam to work in cutting microcircuits and industrial diamonds.

Eventually light beam through fibers may carry more phone conversations than we can now handle with wires and cables.

And with continued research into the three dimensional mysteries of holography we someday may be able to handle even more information.

These telephone developments have inspired other innovations in fields outside our work.

No, you typed X.

That's up to you.

Our job is to do everything we can to help you along.

This kind of diverse yet unified task demands that all the companies involved share the same objective, the best possible telephone service.

All of the Bell System, AT &T, the Bell Phone Companies, Bell Labs, and Western Electric work together on this common concern.

Otherwise, we could never get it all together.

Identifier

F.2010-01-0079

Abstract

A three screen projection advertising film made by Goldsholl Associates for Western Electric Company. This film about the "world of communication," showcases the company's Bell Systems Communication Network (Bell Telephone Company) and the people who make it work.

Description

the "Right" reel of this three projection film is missing, while the "Center" and "Left" reel are available for viewing.

Run Time

0:15:13

Format

16mm

Extent

525 feet

Color

Color

Sound

Optical

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Element

Distribution Print

Genre

Sponsored

Form

Advertisements

Subject

Industry
Telephones
Communication

Related Collections

SERIES I: Goldsholl Design & Film Associates Films

Sponsor/client

Western Electric Company

Main Credits

Goldsholl Design & Film Associates (is producer)

Frerck, Robert (is director)

Additional Credits

Frerck, Robert (is editor)

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