Modern Marvels : The Telephone (2005) Review

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Modern Marvels : The Telephone (2005) ReviewModern Marvels: The Telephone tells the fascinating story of the race to invent the telephone and how the telephone was used and evolved over time in both the United States and the world. The story moves along at a pretty brisk pace; there's a lot of information jammed into a fifty minute installment of Modern Marvels and I certainly didn't get bored. The archival footage is wonderful and we see many original drawing by Alexander Graham Bell and his chief rivals as they raced to invent and patent the telephone.
This installment of Modern Marvels is very thoughtfully presented in chronological format; there's no jumping back and forth in time. We learn about Alexander Graham Bell, his assistant Mr. Watson and his chief rivals including Gray and even Edison through narration, pictures and archival footage. Bell started out wanting to invent a device to help the deaf communicate; but, as fate would have it, he ultimately invented something else altogether instead--the telephone. It's equally interesting to see how Bell's company (with the help of his financial backer Gardner Hubbard) could compete and ultimately do business with Western Union in the quest to provide instant communication to as many people as possible as fast as possible using the right devices and the technology they had at the time.
While the original telephone operators were rather young men, Bell's company switched to using women instead--and wow, how they were tough on those women! They had strict dress codes and demanding, authoritarian supervisors to keep the young women "in line." I could tell you why Bell's company made the switch but I'm not going to spoil that for you.
Indeed, we also learn about many other developments after the very first telephones were used in people's homes; but I won't go into any of that here because I would hate to spoil that for you, either. This brief documentary is at its best with a good amount of new material for you to watch!
The telephone continues to have a huge impact on society--even in the computer age. I highly recommend this installment of Modern Marvels from The History Channel.Modern Marvels : The Telephone (2005) Overview

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