A 1936 Newsreel About the “New” Dial Telephone
8th March 1939: A dial-type hand microphone telephone. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
This might help explain why your grandparents can’t figure out how to use that gosh darn smart phone. Back in 1936 they needed an AT&T newsreel to tell them how to operate the “new” dial telephone.
It features a young girl doing the demonstration as an announcer walks you through it. He explains in great detail how to recognize a dial tone, a ringing signal, and a busy signal. He even tells you how to dial each numeral.
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