# TELEPHONE MEMORIES (Reel 1 of 2)

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 89089 / Local Identifier BTL-BTL-188 - TELEPHONE MEMORIES (Reel 1 of 2) - Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. TELEPHONE MEMORIES: The Story of the Birth of the Telephone. Thomas A. Watson recalls experiences from his work on the invention of the telephone (1875-1915) and shows instruments and replicas of instruments from the early days of telephony Watson relates episodes relating to the work and personality of Alexander Graham Bell and describes events of Mar. 10, 1876, when Bell's call for help after an accident was heard by Watson over a receiver they had been testing. DVD copied by IASL Master Scanner Timothy Vollmer.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1931
- By: National Archives and Records Administration
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.89089.r1)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.