Short film
Conversation Crossroads
1958 · 18 min
A curious mid-century industrial short that makes telephone switching feel oddly playful, with dancing interludes and crisp infographics that charm more than they instruct.
- Directed by
- Richard Bagley, Virginia Bell
- Genres
- Documentary, Animation
- Overview
- The film forecasts future loads on the network, and shows plans for future integration of computers into telephone switching. This film explains automatic dialing with a core sequence of infographics, bookended by dancers who interpret the history of switching and the happy network of "today".
- How it feels
- Whimsical, earnest, light and campy. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Technology, work, science
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Richard Bagley, Virginia Bell
- Genres
- Documentary, Animation