Telephone Hour

This film presents Josef Hofmann, pianist, as guest soloist, playing the last movement of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major.  Hofmann also plays Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# Minor. The Bell Telephone Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees plays Beethoven's Gomez Overture. The film also discusses telephone technology of the era, including coaxial cabling and microwave transmissions for radio. Shows behind-the-scene Bell Telephone Hour broadcasters & personnel, with activities of technicians. A film in the Bell Telephone Hour series.