Modern Telephone (1959)

London Camberley, Surrey. C, U shot of a green telephone and an ashtray. Telephone is ringing persistently. M, S of a man on top of a ladder hanging up wallpaper. He turns around annoyed. Cut to a C, U of the phone again. Reverse to a man dropping wallpaper, getting off the ladder and going to answer the phone. He answers but no one is there any more. Man puts the phone down angrily. High angle M, S of a man operating extremely complex looking device with the telephone incorporated into it. There are wires everywhere and there are two light bulbs on the top. Dr Simpson, Cambridge doctor, has invented a device which can record a voice so people can leave a message when he is outside his surgery. C, U shot of the face of Dr. Simpson working on his invention. C, U shot of the two flushing light bulbs (one is white and the other is painted red). M, S of Dr Simpson taking his stethoscope and leaving the machine. M, S of a woman (Mrs Beryl Norfolk) with one hand wrapped up in white bandage. Succession of shots