Telephone Trailer (1948)

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 the work we see a montage of women working with telephones. Intertitle reads: “Operator“ End title: “London - Apply To The Telephone Staff Controller Waterloo Bridge House, SE 1. Provinces - Apply to Your Local Head Post Office“. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont