How to Dial a Rotary Telephone

Flashback: How to Dial a Telephone

May 29, 2008

by GiggleSugar 9

It may seem intuitive now, but when dial telephones first hit the scene, peeps needed a tutorial on how to use them. It was customary to have an operator do all the work up until that time, so the simple act of dialing for one's self was quite a task. The following vid was shown in movie theaters to educate the public on how to use the new self-serve telephones. It's interesting that a child was used for the demonstration. Did they already know that she was gonna grow up, become a teenager, and monopolize that phone? All. Night. Long.

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9 Comments

italianblonde 4 years 50 weeks

That was cool to watch. I LOVED going to my great-grandparents' house when I was young because they had that kind of phone and I called everyone on it haha.

Megatron 4 years 51 weeks

My grandma had one, too! We also had one when I was really little.

loveleighdancer 4 years 51 weeks

i think it's funny to that at that time the phone number was only 5 digits.

chiquita29 4 years 51 weeks

My grandma had a rotary phone when I was little. It was annoying.

Modegirl 4 years 51 weeks

Wow, unbelievable!

Modegirl 4 years 51 weeks

Wow, unbelievable!

anaisethenry 4 years 51 weeks

My grandmother had one of those, I loved it!I think they were just trying to say that if a child (a female at that) can do it, then anyone can... idiots :rotfl:

anaisethenry 4 years 51 weeks

My grandmother had one of those, I loved it! I think they were just trying to say that if a child (a female at that) can do it, then anyone can... idiots :rotfl:

Francoisehardly 4 years 51 weeks

When I was a kid we still had those that had to be turned. I didn't know how the use them and never figured them out while they were still around.