Century 21 Calling. (1962) 4K 60fps

[00:00:02][music] [music] All passengers must leave the train  at this terminal. On trip passengers, turn to your left as you leave the train.  Exit to your right.

[00:01:20][music] Here is a world of communication tailored for your needs of today and tomorrow.

[00:04:55]Bringing together all people  in a new era of understanding.

[00:05:11]Keeping in touch by means  of the amazing new Bell Boy is the Bell Systems answer today  for doctors, salesmen, deliverymen, or anyone who must be available at all  times in the fast-paced world of Century 21.

[00:05:24]When someone calls and you are out, you can be  reached by dialing your Bell Boy code number.

[00:05:36]When you get a signal on the Bell Boy, you can go to a phone to call your  office or home and get the message.

[00:05:46]This is the automatic dialer. Just listen  for dial tone, insert a number card, and press the start bar. The  Bell System automatic dialer dials for you more quickly and  easily than you can do it yourself.

[00:06:00]Numbers you call frequently can  be punched on small plastic cards.

[00:06:06]Pick a city, then see how fast direct  distance dialing really is. Dial the area code, then the weather report telephone number.  Presto, instant weather. With DDD, most calls go through in 20 seconds or less.  Here you see the Bell Solar Battery in action, turning light into electricity to run this  display. Solar batteries are used to convert sunlight to electrical power and make our  satellites talk back from outer space.

[00:06:40]Thank you.

[00:06:46]Hi, this is the bell systems new  touchtone dialing. With this indicator, you see how many seconds you save the new way.  Let's try it. Okay, I'll race you. Ready? Go.

[00:07:03]I beat you.

[00:07:09]Welcome to our exhibit.

[00:07:11]I'm glad to have this opportunity to tell you  about the telephone switching center of tomorrow, the electronic central office, which  is made possible by the magic of the transistor and other tiny but amazing devices  invented by the Bell Telephone Laboratories.

[00:07:25]Imagine if you can an electronic brain operating  at millionth of a second speeds. I say brain because the new electronic central office will  almost think for itself. It will not only carry out instructions you dial into it, it will also  remember instructions you provided earlier.

[00:07:43]These memory features will offer many convenient  services I'm sure you'll be delighted with.

[00:07:49]For one thing, you'll be able to reach frequently  called numbers by dialing only two digits. All you'll have to do is give the telephone company  a list of the numbers you dial most frequently.

[00:07:59]The electronic brain's memory will do the rest.  To see how it works, please watch the screen.

[00:08:12]Is it time to phone grandma? Let's see. All  right. Now, let's say you want to call your mother who lives in De Moines. You call her fairly  often, so the telephone company has assigned 53 as your special number for making this  call. When you dial the five and the three, the electronic central offic's brain says, "Uh-oh,  something special." searches its memory for what those two digits represent and does the area  code plus the phone number in De Moines for you.

[00:08:44]Hello. Hello, Grandma. Ever been invited out  for an evening and had to turn it down because you're expecting an extra special call? Well, the  Electronic Central office will solve that problem for you, too. When you do go out, it will be a  simple matter to have your calls transferred.

[00:09:03]All you'll have to do is dial a special  code which tells the equipment's brain you want your calls transferred and then dial  the telephone number where you can be reached.

[00:09:14]Our amazing electronic central  office will take it from there.

[00:09:20]I think it's a wonderful color  for you. No, no, you stay there.

[00:09:26]Hello. Diane? No, this isn't Diane. It's Linda.  Linda? What gives? This is Jim Morton. I was calling Diane Brown. Oh, yeah. She's here. She  had her calls transferred to my house. Hi, Jim.

[00:09:42]And what about those times someone has tried to  call you and your line is busy? We thought of that, too. Fine, Sarah. That's fine. I'll have the  information for you at the meeting next Wednesday.

[00:09:55]When you hear the beep tone on your telephone, you  know someone else is trying to reach you. Sarah, will you hold on just a minute? Someone else  is trying to reach me. All you do is flick the switch hook to hold the first call while you take  the second. Oh, hello, dear. I was just talking to Sarah. I see. Okay, dear. Would you tell Fred next  time he's in town, he's to bring Helen, right?

[00:10:19]Bye, dear. You flick the button back and go on  with your first call. Hello, Sarah. That was Bert calling. Easy as pie, isn't it? And here's another  feature you're going to find handy. Now, look, Sarah Jane knows a lot more about that than I do.  Why don't we get her on the line and find out?

[00:10:37]Okay, just a minute. Want someone  else on the line? That's easy, too.

[00:10:42]Flip the switch button, then dial a code  number and the number you want and presto.

[00:10:53]Hello, Jane. This is Martha. Listen I have Sarah on  the line and we want to know what to do about ... As we look to the future, we see many  extras for tomorrow's telephone users.

[00:11:04]One day, you may be able to call home  and automatically turn off the oven.

[00:11:13]or from a public telephone a couple of hundred  miles away. Turn on your home air conditioner and have the house nice and cool when you return  from your hot trip. It may even be possible to call and water the lawn during that dry spell  when you are many miles away on vacation.

[00:11:37]Sounds fantastic, doesn't it? But it is all  possible because of the basic research our scientists and engineers at the Bell Telephone  Laboratories are doing to make your service better day by day. From their work has come  breakthrough after breakthrough in science, providing the intricate devices that lie at the  heart of your telephone service of tomorrow.

[00:11:57]Through the invention of better things, we are  trying very hard to give you the kind of telephone service you want and need. And we think you'll  agree after seeing the many exhibits we have here, there is no end to telephone  progress now or in Century 21.

[00:12:12][music] [music] Century 21. Century 21. How will  life be in the 21st century?

[00:12:52][music] on a needle up high. You can look through  the eye and you're seeing it all.

[00:12:59][music] Yes, you're seeing it all.

[00:13:03][music] As the present unfolds, what the future  beholds, you're elated, fascinated.

[00:13:16][music] See the art shows, walk the thorough affair  on the boulevards leading everywhere.

[00:13:23][music] Ride a rick shaw. Dine  on caviar. You can telephone a star.

[00:13:31][music] It's a wonderful age on a beautiful  stage demonstrated for you.

[00:13:38][music] Been created for you. It's just a part of  the thrilling start of century 21.