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World At Your Call

1950/9 min 24 sec/19 shots

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World At Your Call presents the United States and the wider world as increasingly accessible through modern transportation and long-distance telephone communication. Color views of cars, trains, and airplanes accompany scenes of oceans, rivers, mountains, Washington, D.C., Oregon, New York, and New Hampshire, emphasizing how technology connects distant places, people, history, and natural landmarks.

Provenance and rights

Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: World At Your Call
Date: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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