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BELL CANADA

1979-0192

Film

1 of 1

1970

Audio/Visual Media Department, Bell Laboratories

writer/director, Henry R. Feinberg; producer, John P. Rimo; cinematography, Adam Giffard; additional photography, Tom Musca; animation, William C. Varecka

Documentary on manufacture of micro electronic componenets. Vertical high angle view of city street, pedestrian. Eye line shot of same, huge crowd in a stadium, musical group on a stage, applause. Following a shot of a large telephone switchboard, camera focuses on silicon chips on a surface contrasted with old fashioned componentts. An electronic hobbyist works on a pre-transistor age project. Cut to transistors and to shrunken electronic circuits, printed and etched on circuit boards. Integrated circuits (I.C.) are being worked on and manufactured by the hundreds at a time. One of these circuits are compared with grains of salt. Graphic representations show the assembly of the tiny components. Lasers are being used to cut apart identical circuits from a plate of hundreds of circuits. Sequences on electronic switching systems at Bell Laboratories and on a picture phone demonstration. <16mn 49s>

English

Libre

Bell Telephone Laboratories Incorporated

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Bell Canada~The HISTORICAL NEWSREELS compilation is open for consultation and copyright has expired - see letter of 5 June 1996 in Collection File.