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Title:

The phantom of the operator / Artifact Productions ; a film by Caroline Martel ; produced by Caroline Martel.

Publisher:

Women Make Movies,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Bell Telephone Company--History.--History.
Western Electric Company--History.--History.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company--History.--History.
Telephone companies--History.--History.
Telephone operators--History.
Women--History.--History.
Women in advertising.
Industrial films.
Stock footage.

Other Authors:

Martel, Caroline.
Montpetit, Pascale. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001038846
Artifact Productions.
Québec (Province). Société de développement des entreprises culturelles. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97004082
Women Make Movies (Firm) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84173790

Notes:

Voice, Pascale Montpetit.

Summary:

Using found footage, this documentary reveals a little known chapter in industrial history: the story of female telephone operators' central place in the development of global communications. The film assembles together hundreds of North American industrial films produced by Bell Labs.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60775211

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)