Trunk Telephones

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
68/37
Date Released
5 May 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Phantom Jets
  2. 2MCC Reception
  3. 3Lions
  4. 4Trunk Telephones
  5. 5Bill Haley Returns
  6. 6The Flying Scotsman

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
100 feet down under the centre of the Capital, 200 men work round-the-clock in London’s Trunk Telephone Exchange. Up to 1,000,000 trunk calls are handled every week in this converted "tube" tunnel.
Keywords
Communications
Locations
London
Credits:
Camera
Kenneth G. Goddard
Length of story (in feet)
106
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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