Telephones from the (TV) archives

[FABphones]

Rewatched a few favourite clips, sharing them here:

Careers in the Telephone Business (1974) Bell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yvv12Sqlwc

Vintage Telephones (1976) BBC Television Programme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHZ3U032ppQ

The Life of a Telephone Operator (1969) AT&T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX8RHeSuZZc

The last shows genuine Operator calls as received and how they were handled, including irate subscribers, misdialled calls, and some of the more unusual and often confusing calls Operators took... 'I'll have a chicken salad sandwich please...' 'Mr Lions at the Zoo...' '88.. two88.. three88...'