World’s Telephone Workshop, The

The World’s Telephone Workshop Produced by Western Electric for American Telephone & Telegraph 22:00:26 Title: “As one of the chief factors in making this country a nation of neighbors, the telephone...” Alexander Graham Bell at plaque unveiling on site of laboratory during anniversary celebration, tips hat to applause. 22:01:30 Title: “Early telephone experience proved the need for equipment of uniform design...” Western Electric original Kinzie Street building, Chicago, Illinois. Illustration of large manufacturing complex. 22:02:44 High angle of large power plant; int. of turbines; men beside. 22:03:25 High angle pan over mass of workers / employees in park posing. 22:04:50 High angle over large office w/ women working at desks. 22:05:10 MS man moving parts under pressure machine; others assembling; LS of machine shop, men at benches. Men at other machines, feeding & moving parts. Woman working w/ microscope at work bench. 22:06:24 CU soldering filaments. Punch press & man feeding metal strip & knocking out parts from die. CU woman assembling parts; weighing on balance scale. Young man assembling parts of ear piece. 22:08:28 Title: “Speed & accuracy are gained by specialization.” High angle of large room w/ woman at assembly cubicles. CU hands working assembling w/ parts from bin. 22:09:27 Title: “Experience makes for skill in assembling the 229 parts of a telephone.” MS woman assembling w/ various screw driver tools. 22:10:27 Title: “No perfection without inspection.” Women at inspection stations inspecting parts. 22:11:12 Pixillated / stop motion animation of various pieces of a telephone. 22:16:14 Title: “It took the cameraman two busy weeks to do that trick - while the works were turning out over 50,000 real telephones. The End. 1920s Industry; Manufacturing Processes; Animated; ca 1927;