“Century 21 Calling” is a 1962 short film about the Seattle World’s Fair, and in particular the many marvelous technologies from Bell System: the punchcard autodialer, the Bellboy (the first radio-operated pager), and Touch-Tone dialing. The film was created by Fairbanks Productions for AT&T.
Century 21 Calling, The Introduction of the Touch Tone Phone (1962)
E.D.W. Lynch
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