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This film, originally made in 1975, should not be considered to reflect the views of today's AT&T. It is presented for entertainment purposes only.

A fascinating animated film explaining the perspective of the Bell System made during the legal challenges of the 1970s from both the government and other phone companies.

This is not the first film from one-named illustrator Osborn. Some of his most famous works were humorous training and safety illustrations that he made while he was in the Navy during WWII. These illustrations inspired a short safety film (titled, tellingly, Don't Kill Your Friends) - featuring Osborn's hapless character "Dilbert" - the name from which Scott Adams later took for his comic strip.

Osborn later became an avid anti-war activist and protestor.

Osborn, even in non-moving illustrations, had a dynamic, fluid, motion-filled style. His work was wildly popular mostly throughout the 1950s and the 1960s.

Footage courtesy of AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, NJ

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[jpsalsman]

This makes me hope for ad-supported 802.15 analog television whitespaces metro broadband cellular service. What is taking the FCC so long to rule on those petitions?