Short film
Forward Communications
1949 · 10 min
A brisk, cheerful instructional reel that tours switchboards and telephone lines, more civic pride than drama.
- Directed by
- Bern Gandy
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Wilfrid Thomas
- Overview
- Made by the National Film Board 1949. Directed by Bern Gandy. The expanding activities of the Post Office to cater for communications in an ever growing nation. This film also deals with the rapid expansion to cater for post-war demands, especially in supplying more telephones and exchanges. Australia’s vast distances make an efficient system of communication most necessary and this film stresses all the main factors involved in maintaining its efficiency.
- How it feels
- Earnest, warm and uplifting. Brisk and fine in the background.
- About
- Technology, work, exploration
- 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
- Bern Gandy
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Wilfrid Thomas