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In article <4158a121-b091-4ccd...@googlegroups.com>,
 <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
>On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 4:20:02 AM UTC-4, Christian Corti wrote:
>> hancock4 wrote:
>> > The Bell System and the Independents prepared a number of
>> > customer education films on how to dial.  Back in old days,
>> > people used to manual operator service had to learn how
>> > to use a telephone dial.
>> 
>> In _1954_ ? Are you serious? How backward was the US at that time?
>> Just wondering...
>
>Roughly 30% of the telephones were still in manual service at that
>time.
>
>Installing dial service was an expensive and major undertaking.
>It not only involved design and hookup of dial switchgear in the
>town, but often required a new building to house it, as well
>as changed interconnections of nearby exchanges.   All the 
>subscribers had to get new sets and taught how to use them.
>Sometimes subscribers got new phone numbers, which had to be
>distributed and new phone books printed.
>
>Note that in addition to films, Bell sent out representatives
>to people's homes to explain how to dial.
>

I was wondering about that.  Where would this film be seen?  Would the
Bell System buy time in the trailers at local theaters?
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