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The CRPF "Old Phones in Movies & TV" Compilation

Started by HobieSport, November 23, 2008, 01:45:19 AM

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phonium

I watched Mary Poppins Returns, and saw a few old phones. One of them is one I could not identify. I attached a photo of the back, as i could only find pictures of the back. In case you cant tell, it seems to be a multi-line set, but no dial. Any info would be nice.
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Nick in Manitou

I was watching a program called, "The Rise and Fall of Penn Station" on TV and noticed an interesting device for holding a candlestick phone. 

I thought the picture of the setup of an office at that time was interesting overall.

Nick

FABphones

#828
Came across this today, snippets of phone clips put together from movie/tv:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2_N9-MUI02A

Quite a few nice phones shown (better with sound muted).
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Western Bell

Stranger Things, Season 3, Episode 1, At 37 minutes in

Modified, line light did not flash on ring, hold light did not change on answer, missing number card and line card. Smoke and mirrors but a nice color.

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Quote from: Western Bell on July 06, 2019, 12:41:20 PM
Stranger Things, Season 3, Episode 1, At 37 minutes in

Modified, line light did not flash on ring, hold light did not change on answer, missing number card and line card. Smoke and mirrors but a nice color.

And the phone was supplied by Oldphoneworks.

andre_janew

As far as phones having the wrong ringtone is concerned, there is this thing called dubbing.  They dub in the ringing of a WE 500 for a lot of phones because that is what they have on hand.  Most people wouldn't notice the difference because most aren't phone experts like some of the member of this forum.

twocvbloke

Randomly spotted this, a clip from Thames Television, apparently first broadcast 15th May 1986 (I wasn't even a year old yet!!!), showcasing what was on offer at the now defunct (swallowed up by Currys-PC World) electronics chain store Dixons, which at about 0:21 has a brief shot of a display of the then new telephones you could actually buy outright for use on BT lines...  :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmy4RscESUg

And just incase it's been geo-blocked, this is a screenshot of the telephones:

19and41

It shows fine.  I remember around the same time, I bought my leased phone from AT&T, after it's first breakup.
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countryman

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Quote from: david@london on February 14, 2014, 10:06:54 AM
pink panther movie

Has this scene from "Trail of the Pink Panther" (1982) with Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau been dignified yet? It's hilarious, although the poor wall phone has to take some attacks. The cordage of the french material seems to be made to last.

Youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DyUupkQwuo

paul-f

The creators of Toy Story 4 must have had a Mickey Mouse phone!

At about 51 minutes in, Woody needs to hide in plain sight in an antique store...
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ma_xyz

Found this by coincidence hinted by an old post on a German telephone forum:

https://youtu.be/hKLaTTmmzJM?t=258

a) a continuity error only spotted by phone nerds, do you see it? :-)
b) embedded in the film a guide on how to disassemble the ZBSA19 :-) (disassembly part only starts here: https://youtu.be/hKLaTTmmzJM?t=330)

Wikipedia page regarding this movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_in_the_Moon

MaximRecoil

This phone was in the movie Cube Zero (2004). Does anyone know what it is exactly?


countryman


19and41

That's an easily recognizable insignia in the center of the touch pad.  Philips, isn't it?
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