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Title refers to: Electronic Switching System. Great footage of 1960s technological breakthroughs with silicon semiconductors; early microscopic manufacturing; great early Silicon Valley solid-state manufacturing technology breakthroughs, and early nanotechnology. Great footage high tech electronics assembly; silicon crystals, transistors, circuitry, early computer-industry related technology. 20:01:21:20 CU blinking orange-red light, camera pans down machine control panel, disembodied finger presses red switch. Great 20:01:32:14 VS BW stock footage of women and men in 1930s working in factory manufacturing telephone parts. 20:02:51:25 Pan down row of 1960s women looking into microscopes assembling telephone parts; CU pin of precision device used to produce tiny part; woman sticks arms into gloves extending into controlled vacuum chamber glass chamber, camera pans out to show various women working on similar tasks down row; women with drill in pieces on large board of electronics, camera pans over women with drills working on electronics switching system. 20:04:29:20 Pan down wall of ESS electronic telephone service electronics and electronic magnetized memory banks; animated diagra