The Telephone
S9 E5 February 3, 1997 0h 55m
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Overview
At first rented only "to persons of good breeding," seen as an expensive luxury for doctors and businessmen, within a decade the telephone had begun to transform American life. Trees gave way to telephone poles as operators known as "hello girls" began to connect a sprawling continent.
Guest Stars
Morley Safer
Narrator (voice)