Draft:Bell System
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Background
The Bell System was a system of companies led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by AT&T, which dominated the telephone services industry in North America for 100 years, from its creation in 1877 until its antitrust breakup in 1983.
1st Logo (1940)
Logo: TBA.
FX/SFX: TBA.
Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the short.
Availability: Extinct.
2nd Logo (1958)
Logo: TBA.
FX/SFX: TBA.
Music/Sounds: TBA.
Availability: Extinct.
3rd Logo (1960)
Logo: TBA.
FX/SFX: TBA.
Music/Sounds: An announcer saying the following words: "The Bell Telephone System brings you another of its series of programs on science, man's effort to understand nature's laws."
Availability: Extinct.
4th Logo (1970-1983)
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Logoː We see multiple outlines of the Bell System logo in whatever color on a black background. They then form into one in blue outline. It stands up & it flips, making the logo entirely blue. While it's happening, text in white shows up, which are the followingː
- Bell of Pennsylvania
- C&P Telephone
- Ohio Bell
- New England Telephone
- New Jersey Bell
- Indiana Bell
- Southern New England Telephone
- Pacific Telephone
- Michigan Bell
- Pacific Northwest Bell
- Southern Bell
- Nevada Bell
- South Central Bell
- New York Telephone
- Mountain Bell
- Cincinnati Bell
- Wisconsin Telephone
- Northwestern Bell
- Illinois Bell
- Diamond State Telephone
- Southwestern Bell
- Western Electric
- Bell Labs
- Long Lines
- AT&T Finally, Bell System.
FX/SFXː The animation for the Bell logo & the text.
Music/Soundsː Multiple telephone beeps, as well as catchy music.
Avaiabilityː Only seen on commercials at the time.
