0473 - A Slow Motion Study of Telephone Apparatus

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0473 - A Slow Motion Study of Telephone Apparatus

An early film from the Post Office's Circuit Laboratories and filmed by the GPO film unit. It shows, in slow motioon, the operation of 2000 type Strowger selectors during the setting up and clear down of a telephone call. Sequencies feature: the line finder; group selector; final selector and motor uniselectors.

Catalogue

Finding Number: BTA-MI1/0473

Date: 1935

Period: 1930s

Level: Item

Distribution: Theatrical distribution

Year: 1935

Repository: BT Archives (ARCHON 1814)

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