Telephone Trailer 1948

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Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material.

A short trailer film encouraging women to apply for jobs as telephone operators.

A man sits behind a desk. He picks up his phone and places a call to the General Public and then asks to speak to the women and girls. As he describes...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
59646
Sort Number:
UNSO 021 C
Time in/Out:
01:16:39:00 / 01:17:38:00
Canister:
UNSO Reel 021 C
Film ID:
1516.17
Issue Date:

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Oxford in the 80's WORK 1940'S Telephone operators wanted TED Tokyo

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