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Browse 5 movies from Pro Telephon-Zürich
This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation. Using the Swiss office of the BBC as an example, the film describes the functioning of radio and presents the possibilities opened by mass communications. After the advent of sound film, Cavalcanti promoted experimentation with sound, and in this connection he was interested in the communicational, organizational, and social aspects of radio.
Jan 1936
Documentary about the construction of telephone lines.
Jan 1937
Short GPO documentary, about mail that is sent out of the country to Switzerland.
The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military preoccupations of individual nations.
Jan 1939