“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 30

Here’s a little bit more Bell System history for you.

“Challenge of Change”, from 1961. I think this is noteworthy as a very early depiction of the first modem (among other things). That punch-card dialing system is pretty neat for 1961, too.

Bonus video #1: This goes out to all the radio people and “Mannix” fans out there: “Mobile Telephones”, or: what cell phone technology looked like in the late 1940s. Show this to your children.

Bonus video #2: “The Far Sound”, a Bell Labs history of the development of long distance service.

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