| HELLO GIRLS OF CHINATOWN Chinatown Telephone Exchange | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6733 | |
| Catalog #: | 428358 | |
| Clip Number: | 428358-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 107 | |
| Timecode: | 01:55:35 - 01:56:58 | |
| Location: | San Francisco, CA, USA | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: Telephone CULTURAL GROUPS: Chinese Americans INDUSTRY: Communications, Telephone & Telegraph LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, San Francisco OCCUPATIONS: Women | |
| Description: | HELLO GIRLS OF CHINATOWN telephone exchange in Chinatown, San Francisco. Telephone exchange in Chinatown, San Francisco operated by lots of girls. Wide shot of pagoda roofs of Chinese style building; pan down to street level where 2 men stand in front; another man exits. MLS Chinese women telephone operators sit in a row facing switchboards. MS same, pan as another woman walks past slowly. MS 2 men converse in FG while in BG a woman works on switchboard. MCU woman w/hair cut with a bob & perm works on the incredibly complicated looking switchboard. Titles make joke about Chinese names. (Racist, biased, prejudiced, politically incorrect) | |
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