"This is a test on the radio network."
"I apologize for interrupting you. Over and out!"
BBC report from back in 1979 (I was 28 years old!), when they were still trying to figure out the mind-blowing concept of "mobile phones."
(Note: Daughter got a kick out of the rotary dial and curly cord attached to the box with the big antenna this guy had to tote around in his pocket.)
Astounding new technology of the future! OMG!!! 😂 😂 😂
From the BBC Archive 'Tomorrow's World' collection: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/index.shtml
Michael Rodd makes a call with an experimental cordless mobile phone.
It's 1979 and time for the telephone to go mobile. In this report from a longer programme, Michael Rodd (pictured above) examines a British prototype for a cordless telephone that allows the user to make calls from anywhere.
Also included at the end of this item is a rather nice out-take as Rodd also experiences the first mobile wrong number.
