1970s Bell System (Western Electric) "Promo" Film (Dig That Soundtrack!)

[dan2kxyz]

Wow, thank you for posting this. Wonderful.

[polyhistorical]

I miss my 2500 DMG. Time to go watch The President's Analyst again.

[VortexTech]

@polyhistorical Ah yes, phones built so solidly they could have survived nuclear attack. Speaking of "President's Analyst," see the "Plan Rasputin" clip in my videos here -- sorry, no links permitted in comments.

[twkennys]

I worked for the original Ma Bell, and I remember that you couldn't brake a phone if you tried! I worked on 6th ave in Manhattan, where we put togeather TV for the entire USA!

[VortexTech]

@twkennys Indeed there was a time when the three broadcast networks depended on AT&T Long Lines and Broadcast services almost entirely for national video distribution. I remember seeing the L.A. end of those networks in the downtown "L.A. Central" AT&T building.

[tindoor38]

they don't make ANYTHING like that anymore...sad.

[jonbosanac]

Cool, a telephony Baraka like video!

[psaffo]

Ohhhh, so cool! Reminder of an age when technology was intended to last more than one Moore's Law cycle!

-p

[zaprodk]

Cool video!