" BEHIND THE SCENES WITH TELSTAR " 1962 BELL TELEPHONE PROMO FILM COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE 53164

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This color educational film is the story of how the Bell Telephone System, in cooperation with NASA, developed the Telstar Satellite and participated in the launch and transmissions of signals to and from Earth and space. Copyright 1962.
Opening titles: Bell System - Behind the Scenes With Telstar (:08). Andover, ME, July 9, 1962 - telephone drive their the lonely hills of Andover (:51). Men work in a control room in Andover Control (1:34). Bell Labs and long line people man the control room (1:55). Holmdel, NJ - men do their part to asset those in Maine (2:28). In France, another antenna beneath a dome waits; In Cornwall, England, they wait as well (3:14). Cape Canaveral, FL - Telstar satellite to launch (3:41). Men in a control room (4:09). Telstar on top of a Thor-Delta rocket, ready to launch (4:51). Launch is set for 3:45am (6:00). Back in 1954 at the Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ where engineers and scientists discussed (6:33). Antennas around the country receive signals that are flashed from point to point (6:54). Satellite in space (animation) makes towers connect more practically (7:25). Andover, ME, telephone service man works (7:49). Man with a chainsaw takes down some trees (8:17). Logging trucks move out wood (9:00). Andover Earth Station being built in 1961 (9:50). Foundation is being laid out (10:10). Dome is made to protect antenna (10:38). Some parts built in New Jersey were brought up to Maine (10:54). Ray dome built with special material so signals wouldn't get blocked (11:30). Control building and the dome (12:17). Telstar Project Director Gene O'Neill speaks about the project as inside the dome is shown (12:28). Hillside, NJ plant - construction of Telstar satellite by engineers (14:18). Solar cells (15:29). Telstar models (15:40). Tests performed on the satellite (16:25). Telstar satellite arrives in Cape Canaveral, FL (16:50). Satellite is checked and many tests are performed on it (17:36). Douglas puts its booster rocket onto the launch pad (17:55). Telstar satellite is carefully placed onto a third stage booster and then tested in a spin cycle (18:33). Telstar control (19:30). Telstar satellite is moved carefully (19:44). Satellite is put in position by multiple men atop the launch pad (20:21). Men walk around and tour Cape Canaveral (21:09). Cables are attached for another check (22:10). Careful hands work on the Telstar (22:24). A clamshell seal is placed onto the Telstar (22:44). Telstar is mated with a Delta rocket (23:00). Rocket is on the launchpad (23:34). Countdown will begin as men in the control rooms are ready, doing final checks (23:47). All systems are go (24:28). Countdown (24:43). Rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, FL (24:52). Control room monitors the progress (25:28). Men in Andover will take over and work with the satellite (26:18). Andover is on target (27:37). Newsmen and photographers are watching as the men wait for Telstar to work (28:00). In Washington, D.C., people watch on closed circuit TV, includes Vice President of the United States Lyndon Johnson, along with Senators and Congressmen and some people from the FCC (28:18). Fred Capel from the Andover, ME Earth Station contacts the Vice President via telephone, done due to the Telstar satellite (29:10). Image of the American flag sent into space and back again (31:10). Men are happy that France received the Flag video (31:32). First fax transmission (31:50). Senators of Illinois/Oklahoma speak (32:29). FCC Chairman Newtown Minnow speaks from Andover (33:00). Jim Fisk, president of the laboratories speaks (33:47). Television images (34:39). First international telephone call (35:00). President of the United States John F. Kennedy has his press conference seen overseas via the Telstar (35:09). Andover Earth Station (35:41). Board Chairman Fred Capel speaks (35:50). End credits (36:56).
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