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Identifier: belltelephonemag19amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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of the mill assignment for the lo-cal telephone company and the LongLines Department of the A. T. & T.Co. It is doubtful if any other re-curring event of national importance closely approximates the communica-tion requirements of such an assem-bly, whose deliberations at a criticalmoment may swiftly change as theresult of a telephone call across thestreet or to a far-away state. It is on such occasions that com-munication agencies readily assumeincreased responsibilities, and thetask of providing high-grade, depend-able facilities takes on added signifi-cance. There must be no unforeseenobstacles to delay or interrupt theswift dissemination of information to the waiting public, whether it be inthe form of pictures transmitted bywire, messages over telephone lines,or a radio broadcast. It is under suchcircumstances that complete coordi-nation of effort, as exemplified by thenation-wide organization of the BellSystem, becomes increasingly impor-tant. 178 Bell Telephone Quarterly JULY
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TELEVISION MONITOR An engineer of the Bell Telephone Laboratories guards the television program as the signalsleave Convention Hall for transmission over telephone wires to the coaxial cable in downtown Philadelphia Each succeeding convention has itsown peculiarities and new problems.No two are precisely alike. And, inpassing, it is not unimportant to notethat the conventions of 1940 sur-passed all others in demands upon thecommunications industry. Improvements in the telephone art,supplemented by a highly skillful andtrained organization, made it possi-ble to meet these unprecedented de-mands with promptness and dispatch.As one man, the telephone forcestackled the job and saw it through to the finish. Careful planning is the first essen-tial element in providing the neces-sary telephone service for a politicalconvention. Weeks before the open- ing session, telephone groups began tolay their plans. Slowly the job gath-ered momentum, and reached a peakof activity when the delegations an

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