0307 - A Call Across the World - International Call

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0307 - A Call Across the World - International Call

A presenter talks about the history and present of international communication. He explains how a telephone call from Achiltibuie, Scotland to Perth, Western Australia is transmitted via microwave links, submarine cables and landlines. The film highlights the technological advancements in telecommunications, including facsimile copying, electronic mail, telex machines, credit card checking, and portable computers with acoustic couplers. The film also details the equipment used to transmit signals, such as microwave dishes, amplifiers, repeaters, and underwater ploughs. It concludes by emphasising that this technology, which was once considered dazzling, is now taken for granted due to its widespread use.

Catalogue

Finding Number: BTA-MI1/0307

Date: 18th December 1983

Period: 1980s

Level: Item

Distribution: Broadcast

Film function: Informational (public)

Film subject: International communications

Year: 1983

Repository: BT Archives (ARCHON 1814)

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