Awesome video from 1989, when AT&T celebrated the 100th anniversary of William Gray’s public telephone. The text on Techchannel.ATT.com includes a much-appreciated shoutout from AT&T to the Payphone Project:

“The best and most entertaining website that tracks the de-evolution of payphones and phone booths is The Payphone Project, which has been tracking the decline of those cultural icons since 1995.”

Among other delights this montage includes a sequence of payphones as seen in old movies. I happen to have spent part of this very day assembling the beginnings of my collection of payphones as seen in movies and on television, the newest section to be added to the Payphone Pictures site. Expect more screengrabs to come as I make time to watch a lot of movies.

For now, though, enjoy this excellent payphone video from the AT&T archives.