The Nation at Your Fingertips (1951)
• January 1st, 1951 • 0h 10min
Documentary
Overview
Promotional film introducing self-service long-distance dialing using a prototype service in Englewood, New Jersey. Demonstrates how direct dial and the new area code system enable callers to make contact instantly without operator assistance.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Never Be A Victim
Released on: 1996-01-23
Documentary, Family
POLICE OFFICER JIM BYRNE, Canada's most honoured Safety Education Specialist brings you his famous T...
The Social Dilemma
Released on: 2020-01-26
Documentary, Drama
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech ex...
Edge of Darkness
Released on: 2015-11-01
Documentary
The film features amazing scenes of places never before seen gathered by key space missions that cul...
1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone
Released on: 2017-06-29
Documentary
On June 11th, 1997, Philippe Kahn created the first camera phone solution to share pictures instantl...
Use Your Eyes
Released on: 1970-01-23
Documentary
“Use Your Eyes” is a police training film produced by the Alhambra Police Department, California, in...
Cyborgs Among Us
Released on: 2017-06-27
Documentary
In a few years, technology will merge with our bodies in ways that today seem unimaginable, and will...
My Dead Body
Released on: 2022-12-05
Documentary
The extraordinary moving story of Toni Crews, a young mum with a rare terminal cancer who charted he...
Behind Your Radio Dial
Released on: 1949-01-09
Documentary
Familiar radio voice Ben Grauer leads the viewer on a behind the scenes tour of the National Broadca...
Dustin Diamond Teaches Chess
Released on: 2001-01-22
Documentary
Dustin Diamond teaches various chess strategies from beginner to master level through a series of sk...
Speech: Using Your Voice
Released on: 1950-12-31
Documentary
An educational short film about correct speaking methods.
DFW Punk
Released on: 2008-08-07
Documentary, Music
DFW Punk, covering the Dallas/Ft. Worth punk/new wave scene. If you thought Texas in the late ’70s w...
Final Warning
Released on: 1995-01-01
Documentary
Host Grant Jeffrey discusses how technology and government activities are changing the way our infor...
Lotus: A New Dawn
Released on: 2021-07-28
Documentary
This short documentary follows the fortunes of iconic car manufacturer Lotus. Once famous for its ch...
WEED
Released on: 1971-01-23
Documentary
This 1971 color anti-drug use and abuse film was produced by Concept Films and directed by Brian Kel...
The Four Elements
Released on: 1966-01-01
Documentary
An educational film about power sources that’s rendered as a lyrical meditation on heat and vapor, T...
Koyaanisqatsi
Released on: 1983-04-27
Documentary, Music
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having...
Geißel der Menschheit
Released on: 1926-01-01
Drama, Documentary
Venereal disease threatens to tear a young couple apart.
Eco-Hack!
Released on: 2022-11-11
Documentary
Conservation biologist Tim Shields sees urgency in the field and finds that traditional conservation...
The Cost Of Convenience
Released on: 2024-03-01
Documentary
The Cost Of Convenience examines how internet platforms are impacting our mental health, restructuri...