The Roll Call (1932)

Introductory intertitle reads: “This is a tale of bells - and the modern use of perforated paper rolls to call the tune.“ Various shots of the mechanism which processes the perforated paper roll and transforms this into music played on bells. C/Us of the bells, the perforated paper, the mechanism etc. “Nowadays, the bells look like getting ’rolled’ not tolled - !“ More shots follow of the bells and the machinery which plays them. 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 foot