The coming of the dial

About

A 1933 informational film by the GPO (the British post office), who ran the phone network, about how the new dial system worked, and about the new exchange building in London (the Faraday building). Plenty of clever cinematography.

Director: Stuart Legg Producer: John Grierson Cinematography: Gerald Gibbs Art Direction: László Moholy-Nagy

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Archive

Wikimedia Commons, in Wikimedia Commons

Licence or status

Public domain, as the Wikimedia Commons states it.

Rights statement

Public domain

Credit

GPO Film Unit

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