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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This promotional film “The World At Your Call“ was produced by the Bell Telephone Company. It demonstrates how the telephone can connect people all over the world. It does this by jumping around a map as different people call other people far away from them for various purposes, including romance, business and leisure. Zoom in of a model of the planet Earth. A steam ship, classic car, Lockheed Constellation airplane and streamlined Santa Fe train go by (00:20). People relax in a train cart. View of a map, red arrow points to White Mountains in New Hampshire (00:47). Two kids row a small boat in a lake. A man in red flannel and a hat looks up wistfully from a heart engraving in a tree (1:20). He is on the phone and asks to place a call to New Orleans, Louisiana. The red arrow on the map travels from New Hampshire to New Orleans. A woman answers the phone and smiles. People in costumes throw candy into the crowd on a Mardi Gras float (1:57). “The Local Yokels” float drives by. People and cars move slowly through the picturesque New Orleans streets. The red arrow travels from New Orleans to Washington D.C. Montage of government buildings and monuments, such as United State Capital, Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial (2:36). Close up of the Lincoln Statue. A man in a suit sits at his desk. He dials his rotary phone and his secretary answers. She dials her phone and the arrow moves from Washington D.C. to what looks like New Mexico. A cowboy answers his phone under a sign that says “Lazy-X Ranch” (3:43). Men ride horses through beautiful scenery with mountains in the background. The red arrow moves on the map up to Oregon. Pan of the Columbia River Gorge (4:50). Long shot of snow peaked Mt. Hood. A man leans against his car and reads a hand written letter. The red arrow travels from Oregon to Florida. A family sits in their living room and the woman is handed a big silver present. Horse drawn carriage cruise by in St. Augustine, Florida (5:55). View of Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Sign says “Fountain of Youth.” A woman uses a bamboo stick to bring up a small bucket of water from a well in the ground and takes a sip (6:11). She is at Ponce de Leon’s Fountain of Youth. The red arrow travels from St. Augustine to London. Pan of Palace of Westminster (6:33). The King’s guards stand outside the gate. Shot of Big Ben. A man sits in his office smoking a pipe, he is on the phone. The red arrow travels from London to New York. A large red ship moves under a bridge. Medium shot of the city sky line (7:24). Yellow cabs and cars move through time square. Tilt shot of a sky scraper (7:48). 360 panorama of the city. Close up of a telephone pole. Shot of a radio tower. Women with headsets working at a switch board. Zoom out of the map. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
