Telephone is one of the milestones in human communication history. Even though the technology evolved further we still use similar technology for telephone and internet usage. Here are some videos about and from the infant era of telephone.
This first one is a short public information film (or essentially an ad for bell telephone company) regarding telephone usage that was shown in theaters prior to movies.
This second one is a more extended one, it includes direct dialing (as opposed to immediate connection to an operator) , dialing operator, using a telephone directory. There is no voiceover in the movie, don't interfere with the settings of your receiver. :
This third one is about the female operators coming to widespread use, which is still very early telephone history. There is also a full blown documentary movie about this subject named "The Phantom of the Operator" which is a recommended movie if you can manage to find it:
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