“Time, Please!“ (1940)

Titles read: ’Pathetone Lightens The ’Blackout’ With - “TIME, PLEASE!“’ Rome, Italy. Various shots of cogs turning in machinery at a telephone exchange. Commentator explains this is the headquarters of Rome’s ’speaking clock’ and talks about how the machine works. Montage of shots showing people picking up telephones calling the speaking clock. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.