Calling the (live) Time Lady in 1950

This channel is not monetized. If you like what you see here and would like to help me continue sharing cool stuff on my channel, please consider making a donation via Venmo @Pea-Hicks. This is an excerpt from a recording I found on an old wire spool (pre magnetic tape recording medium). On April 23rd, 1950, a New Jersey man by the name of Fred Weber was setting his wire recorder up to record a phone conversation, and to test the signal he called the local Time Bureau. On the surface this would appear to be a rather mundane recording, but it isn't until you hear the time lady sneeze at 1:43 that you realize - this is a LIVE person reading off the time in 15 second intervals!

You can see an image of a live time lady here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Moore_%28Time_Lady%29

If any genius out there wants to make an animation to go along with this, that'd be awesome.

I have many hours of amateur wire recordings made by Fred Weber, mostly of him egging on his kids to be obedient and cheerful in front of the microphone. You can hear some excerpts of these recordings in this 3-part episode of my "Lucas & Friends" public access TV show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY1L-BCXRL8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oua-vETRemY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm81JsVtrg0