AT&T/Bell Film Collection
name: label: Creator
content: American Telephone and Telegraph Company
label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
topic: label: Topic
content: Industrial safety
label: Topic
content: Lasers
label: Topic
content: Satellites
label: Topic
content: Sound film
label: Topic
content: telephone
label: Topic
content: Transistors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Division of Information, Technology and Society, National Museum of American History.
creator: label: Creator
content: American Telephone and Telegraph Company
label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society
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content: AT&T/Bell Film Collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 39 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1978
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: These films, along with numerous others which were dispersed to different collections, were transferred to the Archives Center by the Division of Information, Technology and Society (now Division of Medicine and Science) in 1999.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0684
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Motion pictures (visual works)
label: Type
content: Training films
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 4 series: 

Series 1, Promotional Films, 1942-1978

Series 2, Scientific/Educational Films, 1955-1970

Series 3, Corporate/Technical Training Films, 1956-1970

Series 4, Acquired Films, 1960-1962
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Motion pictures (visual works)
label: Genre/Form
content: Training films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Thirty-nine 16mm films on various subjects relating to telephone systems and communications, such as pole worker safety; party line etiquette; the transition from silent film to sound film; and the application of satellites, lasers and transistors to sound communication.