| THE TELE SKATER GIRLS Telephone Workers on Roller Skates | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6734 | |
| Catalog #: | 428363 | |
| Clip Number: | 428363-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 108 | |
| Timecode: | 01:07:05 - 01:08:24 | |
| Location: | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: Telephone FADS AND TRENDS: 1920s LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, Los Angeles OCCUPATIONS: Women SPORTS/SKATING, ROLLER: Misc | |
| Description: | THE TELE SKATER GIRLS Women working a strange job at telephone exchange in Los Angeles, California - they wear skates to work! Girls roller skating around a telephone exchange in Los Angeles. MCU young woman gliding into frame plugging a wire into switchboard, then slides off to the right. TLS two women skating along beside the switchboard, connecting wires. MCU young woman gliding into frame plugging a wire into switchboard. TLS two women skating along beside the switchboard, connecting wires. CU one of them pluging a wire into the switchboard. TLS of four young women in FG sitting at switchboard wearing headphones, while the skaters continue their skating and plugging in BG. (Title explained that the skaters, working late at night when the call volume is low, divert stray calls to boards where the other operators get the numbers.) | |
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