Telegraph History Telegraphy Machine Telegram DVD (1844)
The History of the telegraph is a colorful one. Never before in the history of man had an application of electricity contributed more towards advancing the convenience and comfort of man than the invention of the Electric Telegraph. On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse, the inventor of the telegraph sent the first message: "What hath God wrought!," and with those words, human communication would forever be changed. The telegraph had the power to convey thoughts with immeasurable rapidity over land and under sea, enabling communication with friends and places in distant lands. For the first time in human history, the merchant, sitting at his desk, was able to quote to his customer the prices of the hour in cities thousands of miles away ; the statesman, pondering over some knotty question of political economy, turned for reference and assistance to speeches and opinions delivered perhaps but a few hours previous by diplomats in another part of the globe. Millions of dollars were invested in lines of telegraph, and thousands of persons were employed in its construction and operation. To circumscribe the power of electricity and the value of the telegraph were to attempt the impossible ; it vanquished thought in speed, annihilated distance, and moved faster than time itself. Shows the similarity of jobs in the telephone industry with that of telegraph work. Describes the many opportunities in these vocations and tells of the skills required to qualify. Ken Smith sez: This entry in the Your Life's Work series of films shows us that men have a fine future in the telephone and telegraph industries -- working anywhere from research to maintenance, and as anything from technicians to engineers to installers to testers to managers to executives. "Girls," on the other hand, can only find positions as sorters or operators, or as members of the "clerical force."
"More than a million prominent businessmen began their careers as Western Union messengers Promotional film for Western Union Telegraph Company, featuring its history, current practice and emerging technology. Pictures Western expansion; railroads; early hand telegraphy and telegraph keys. Shows 1950s-vintage teletype and paper tape network serving all cities and towns in the United States. Shows telegraphy of service in business, to families, to government, in natural disasters (floods and fires) and in the commodities market. Numerous scenes of 1950s business and industry. Footage of Western Union plant and facilities, including the microwave tower located in the Tenleytown district of Washington, D.C. Considerable coverage of new technology including facsimile (fax) transmission and delivery of telegrams. Also coverage of the "Telmobile," a mobile reception center for fax telegrams that then delivers them to customers in outlying suburban districts.
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