AT&T Archives: The Far Sound, a History of Long and Longer Distance Communications, from 1961

This film, The Far Sound, examines how technologies invented at Bell Laboratories and developed by the Bell System contributed to making direct-dial, long-distance telephone service possible. It depicts how the various fields and departments at the Labs came together in this singular enterprise, culminating in common service for all. The film’s title, The Far Sound, is the alternate translation of the Greek “Telephone.” 1961, the year this film was made, was a very exciting time to be at Bell Labs. Telstar