1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1927)

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Fifth Edition INDUSTRY AND ENGINEERING 53 INDUSTRY AND ENGINEERING GROUP 61 ELECTRICITY Cables Laying the World's Fastest Ocean Cable (2) Interesting incidents filmed during work of connecting England and America with new permalloy submarine telegraph. (XXX) Laying of Electrical Cable across San Francisco Bay (1) Self-explanatory (8) Land Cable Service (2) The title tells it. (XXX) Linking the Three Americas (1) How ocean cables connect the continents. (XXX) Marine Cable Laying (2) Self-explanatory. (XXX) Repairing a Sub-sea Cable (%) Raising of a trans-Atlantic cable for examination and repair. (22) ***Speeding Up Our Deep Sea Cables (2) Camera record of laying of permalloy cable between New York and the Azores — the world's fastest ocean telegraph. (XXX, 154) (See also Group 65) GROUP 62 Radio The Audion (2) Action of vacuum tubes which have revolutionized the art of communication. (154) Radio (1) The title tells it. (112) The Mystery Box (1) An analysis in motion picture photography and animated drawings of basic principles of radio. (22) • The Re-Awakening of Rip Van Winkle (2) Wherein the "Slumbering Dutchman" awakens and is initiated into mysteries of modern broadcasting station. (XXX) Safety at Sea (2) Comprehensive story of marine radio; an indispensable institution protecting life and property on the high seas. (XXX) Trans-Oceanic Radio (2) Pictorial digest of world's largest and most remarkable trans-oceanic radio communication system. (XXX) Wireless Telephony (1/^) How sound waves are carried by electric waves, transmitted through space and reconverted into sound waves thousands of miles from their source. (22) ***The Wizardry of Wireless (2) Brief history of communication; animated drawings explaining from a technical standpoint the principles involved in wireless. (X) (See also Group 80) GROUP 63 Telephone and Telegraph Behind the Scenes (1) In a telephone office. (XXX) Concerning Crossarms (1) Fir trees and their use in electrical pole and conduit equipment. (XXX, 154) Crossroads of Conversation (1) A review of central office work with particular emphasis on the many types of switchboards. (XXX) ***The Electrical Transmission of Speech (1) Presentation in animated drawing of fundamentals involved in transmission and reception of voice over wire circuits. (XXX, 154) Getting Out the Goods (1) How the production of a gTeat telephone manufactory is distributed. (154) Helping the Telephone to Talk (1) Showing how porcelain and other ceramic products do their bit in the nation's telephone service. (XXX) ***Making Telephone History (1) The story of the evolution of the telephone. (XXX) Neighbors of the Wire (1) What happens to a telephone call. (102) Putting a Telephone Together (1) The title tells it. (154) Short Cuts to Quantity (1) A few examples of achievements of mass production of telephones without sacrifice of quality. (XXX) Some Folks and the Telephone (1) A simple story of everyday folk and their reactions when deprived of service for a short time by a storm. (XXX) Something About Switchboards (1) Showing the unusual processes in fabricating and installing equipment for a telephone exchange. (XXX, 154) The Spirit of Service (1) Telephone linemen and their unselfish service to mankind. (XXX) The Telephone — A Modern Marvel (2) Development and manufacture of telephone equipment. (154) A Telephone Call (1) Following the voice through various pieces of apparatus and electrical current carriers. (XXX, 154)