This high production value 16mm reel from my collection is typical of the kinds of films that Bell Telephone was making in the 60's and 70's for business training purposes. This cast contains many actors that became well known in television roles in the 70's, and these kinds of industrial films were highly sought after work in those days because they paid well, and usually used large casts and original music composed and performed just for the project. This reel shows us that using your telephone system improperly and having bad telephone etiquette can cost you your business! FRAAAANNN!!!!! As usual I transferred the film with my own Telecine and color corrected to taste. Enjoy!
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17 thoughts on “Bell telephone: how to lose your best customer 1971”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Butch Lauer says:

    Celluloid gold

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars MusicManiac says:

    Brings back memories of positions I've had in the past. For years I programmed phone and voicemail systems. But if the user doesn't apply the proper functionality, all you got is an expensive paper weight. What was true in the 60's and 70's, is still true today in business.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sky Bolt says:

    Drive up your anxiety

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars arobatto says:

    Poor mister Davis looses his job and becomes a superintendent at an apartment building and Charlie is sent off to Waltonโ€™s Mountain.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Larry Thorn says:

    Did I make it in before BBC claimed copyright on this one?

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chris Webster says:

    He should call AAA and quit yelling at his employees.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars adiero says:

    50 years later, it's even worst! La plus ca change…

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Scott Thomas says:

    None of the training films I've had to sit through were nowhere near as entertaining….

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Retha Hagenes says:

    Making money is an action. Keeping money is behavior. Growing money is knowledge!

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Orion Fhang says:

    Geeze, they should make the tech support robot at Comcast watch this video… It might learn a thing or few! ๐Ÿ™‚

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars tremorist says:

    Ike from The Waltons, lol.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kanal Frump says:

    I want to know how that sweet callamatic auto-dialer worked.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark Lender says:

    Four years later, Pat Harrington went on to be Schneider, the superintendent on One Day At A Time. This was such a fun video!

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Amy H says:

    Oh those skirts secretaries had to wear were short then.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jordan Clarke says:

    Wow, Well done with the correction, I ended up watching that right through very entertaining thanks Fran.

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Lance Hall says:

    That's a real gem.

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Yassine Kaouane says:

    awesome

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