Bell Telephone television advertisement depicts the cost of telephone calls over years from 1915 to 1970. Pictures of streets and houses in Boston. Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell. The cost of telephone from 20.70 dollars in 1915 reduced to 70 cents in 1970. Rapid paced montage of images (some still and some motion) from 1915 to 1970. Poster reads 'Japan at War'. Man and woman dance. Missile launched from launch pad. Aircraft parked on runway. The cost of long distance telephone charges reduced over the years. Different types of telephones seen in 1970.
Representatives of Navy, Air Force, CAA and other organizations seated in Air Defense Spotter monitoring room. Men seated on table, call and answer phone, give and receive messages. Large vertical plotting board made of Plexiglas. Airmen stand on platform in rear of marking information behind glass. They give hand signals.
Sign board above doorway reads 'Continental Air Command Headquarters'. Military policeman on duty in front of the building. Large radar screen for Air Defense in operation moves in circular motion.
American women volunteers in air defense mark locations on a table layout. Women equipped with microphone and headphones, receive instructions and place markers on locater table. Women raise their hands during the plotting operation. Markers on table show location and direction of aircraft flight.
Three F-86 Sabre jet aircraft take off in formation from runway. They make several successive passes in formation, over the field. A C-47 control aircraft is seen high above the airfield.
Man and woman holding toddler in hand. They watch an aircraft overhead. The family stands in the lawn in front of a building. Little boy waves.
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