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A Ford plane taxis along a snow covered field before taking off in United States
A Ford air plane taxis along a snow covered field before take off in United States. People turn the aircraft around at its tail section. It continues to taxi down the field.
A Ford plane takes off and lands after a short flight in United States
A Ford air plane takes off and flies over head in United States. It lands after a short flight as men examine the plane.
Ford airmail service delivers mail through airplanes
Henry Ford and others load mail sacks from a truck onto a plane in United States. Plane takes off. Other plane takes off from a snow covered runway. Ford Trimotors,cars and mail trucks on a snow covered field. Planes take off. A man sits at a desk and other man brings airmail letters. The first man sorts through the letters.
Dramatization of Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone call.
A man opening pages of a Photo album, with a cover reading 'When Telephone Was Young'. Shows pictures of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone; the place where telephone was invented and Thomas A. Watson, who made the first telephone. Then, in a reenactment, by actors, Watson enters a room and gives a prototype model of the telephone to Bell. Bell examines and connects other parts of telephone. Watson goes to a short distance in room. Bell speaks first words over telephone 'Mr. Watson, Come here; I want you!'. Watson hears the words on receiver. Then Bell goes to another room with the phone receiver and Watson speaks over phone. Both in room hug each other.
Operations of early switchboards.
Operation of early switchboards. Pages of book showing early switchboard. Man operating switchboard. The first switchboard for commercial telephone service installed in New Haven, Connecticut. A man operating and talking into telephone and other man listening. Men operating switchboards.
Mechanical dialing system and growth of telephone system, woman dials on candlestick phone.
A film describing a mechanical dialing system of telephones. Men working with switchboards and other equipment. A woman with a short curly flapper hair cut dials a phone number on a candlestick style phone and speaks into the phone.