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Telegram and Telegraph Film Library
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This DVD contains
a variety of 20's to 50's films dealing with telegram and telegraph
use and technology (with a little phone technology thrown in.) It
also includes a rare newsreel of a US Navy graduating morse code class.
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Here are all the films that make
up this historical collection:
Telegram for America (ca. 1956)
  
This is a promotional film for the Western Union Telegraph Company. It
shows the history and development of the telegraph. It includes a variety
of shots showing how telegraph was a driving force for the expansion of
the United States and how it played a key role in growing the financial
markets, It also includes a montage of new technologies that are coming
on board - like fax transmission and a mobile reception center.
Producer: Transfilm
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 19:30
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Communication: A Film Lesson in General Science / Development of Communication
(1927)
This film is a nice snapshot of the communication technologies that were
available in the 1920s. It includes how the telegraph, telephone and radio
works and has great shots of this vintage equipment and an excellent presentation
of how this technology operates.
Producer: Unknown
Audio/Visual: Silent, Black & White
Run time: 13:04
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Big Da-Dit-Da Class Graduated At New Naval Radio School,
1941/03/06
Join the U.S. Navy graduating class at Noroton, CT where several hundred
enlisted men graduate from ther radio engineering course. It shows them
learning how to operate radio and learn morse code including scenes where
they are learning various morse code sequences by rote verbal practice.
Production Company: Universal Studios
Audio/Visual: sound, Black & White
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When You Know (1936)
This film is an educational film for Army Air Force cadets where they
are being shown how flying is very similar to driving and the practices
that you would follow to drive safely strongly parallel the steps to take
to fly dafely. It also shows the examinations and trainings they go through
to become a pilot - including learning Morse Code and how to operates
all the parts of the airplane.
Producer: Jam Handy Organization
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 8:31
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