This short film is about telecommunications, silicon technology, and the E-phone and Bell’s role in its development. The E-phone is the world’s first fully electronic telephone. Chips utilized in it were designed by Bell Northern Research in Ottawa. Northern Telecom makes 256 phones an hour, on one production line alone. As Canada changes, the telephone changes with it and this film includes historical glimpses with a montage of shots from a telephone museum.
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ACMI Identifier
307246
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Electronic industries
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Canada
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Telecommunication systems - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Telephone - History
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Research
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Creativity ability in science
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electronics - History
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Experiments
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - History
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Methodology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological innovations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)