Summary:Second World War British Ministry of Information newsreel trailer encouraging people to keep their trunk telephone calls to a minimum.
Description:The film opens with a brief interior shot of a engine factory and then cuts to the office of the works manager of the Northern Armaments Factory who is on the telephone trying to make an urgent trunk call on vital war work business. He is told by the telephone operator that there is an hour delay for calls to London "all lines engaged". View of telegraph poles and telephone lines followed by a montage of images of civilians making unimportant social telephone calls. The works manager tries again and is told that he will have to wait another 20 minutes as "all lines engaged". The film ends with another view of the telegraph poles and telephone lines and the caption TELEPHONE LINE TIME IS PRECIOUS KEEP YOUR TALKS SHORT.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:NPB 12928
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (NPB 12928)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-1943
Production Country:GB
Production Details:GPO (Production sponsor)
Argyle British Productions (Production company)
Argyle, J (Production individual)
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Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details:35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 140 ft; Running time: 1 min 25 secs
