The Telephone Pavilion, also known as the Bell Telephone Pavilion and formally named the Telephone Association of Canada Pavilion, was a part of

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, an International World's Fair held in

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in 1967 to mark the centenary of the

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. The pavilion was built to promote Canadian telephone companies and their services. The pavilion's feature attraction was ''

Canada '67 ''Canada '67'' is a Circle-Vision 360° documentary film by Canadian film director Robert Barclay, which was presented at the Telephone Pavilion (formally named the Telephone Association of Canada Pavilion), part of Expo 67, an International Wo ...

'', a

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directed by Robert Barclay for

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. The movie was presented in

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to audiences of 1,200–1,500 people every 30 minutes.Gagnon, Monika Kin
Reconstructing Two Immersive Multimedia Pavilions from Expo ‘67: The Christian Pavilion and the Telephone Pavilion
Concordia University, April 25, 2009. (PDF)"Official Expo 67 Guide Book: Telephone Pavilion", Maclean-Hunter Publishing Co. Ltd., 1967, pg.178.
Expo 67 In Montreal website. Retrieved August 12, 2011.

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Picturephone videophone demonstrations were also featured at the pavilion.Bell Laboratories RECORD (1969
A collection of several articles on the AT&T Picturephone
(then about to be released) Bell Laboratories, pp.134-153 & 160-187, Volume 47, No. 5, May/June 1969;Technology-Supported Human-World Interaction website
February 14, 2008; The demonstration units were available in the pavilion for the public to test, with fair-goers permitted to make videophone calls to volunteer recipients in other cities. The Telephone Pavilion additionally featured an 'Enchanted Forest' for families to see the planned new communication services of the future. As part of the display, smartly dressed pavilion hostesses performed live stage demonstrations of new telecommunication technologies, including

telephone banking Telephone banking is a service provided by a bank or other financial institution that enables customers to perform over the telephone a range of financial transactions that do not involve cash or financial instruments (such as checks) without the ...

References

External links

John Whelan's Expo 67 in Montreal web site.
Description and photos of ''The Telephone Pavilion'' which was adjacent to the Theme complex on Ile Sainte-Hélène. {{Telecommunications Expo 67 Demolished buildings and structures in Montreal World's fair architecture in Montreal Bell Canada Bell System Former cinemas in Montreal Videotelephony