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Background

The Bell System was a system of companies led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by AT&T, which dominated the telephone services industry in North America for 100 years, from its creation in 1877 until its antitrust breakup in 1983.

1st Logo (1940)

File:Bell system .jpg

Logo: TBA.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the short.

Availability: Extinct.

2nd Logo (1958)

Logo: TBA.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme to the film.

Availability: Extinct.

3rd Logo (1960)

Logo: TBA.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: An announcer saying the following words: "The Bell Telephone System brings you another of its series of programs on science, man's effort to understand nature's laws."

Availability: Extinct.

4th Logo (1970-1983)

Logo: We see multiple outlines of the Bell System logo in different colors on a black background. They then form into one in blue outline. It stands up and it flips, making the logo entirely blue. While its happening, text in white shows up, which are the following:

Bell of Pennsylvania
C&P Telephone
Ohio Bell
New England Telephone
New Jersey Bell
Indiana Bell
Southern New England Telephone
Pacific Telephone
Michigan Bell
Pacific Northwest Bell
Southern Bell
Nevada Bell
South Central Bell
New York Telephone
Mountain Bell
Cincinnati Bell
Wisconsin Telephone
Northwestern Bell
Illinois Bell
Diamond State Telephone
Southwestern Bell
Western Electric
Bell Labs
Long Lines
AT&T

Finally, we see the Bell System logo.

Variant: More than once, its abridged to only show the final product.

FX/SFX: The animation for the Bell logo and the text, which are in 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: Multiple telephone beeps, as well as catchy music.

Music/Sounds Variant: Sometimes, an announcer can be heard.

Availability: Very rare. Only seen on commercials/programs at the time.

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 ===4th Logo (1970-1983)===
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-'''Logo''': We see multiple outlines of the Bell System logo in different colors on a black background. They then form into one in blue outline. It stands up and it flips, making the logo entirely blue. While it's happening, text in white shows up, which are the following:
+'''Logo''': We see multiple outlines of the Bell System logo in different colors on a black background. They then form into one in blue outline. It stands up and it flips, making the logo entirely blue. While its happening, text in white shows up, which are the following:
 *Bell of Pennsylvania
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 Finally, we see the Bell System logo.
-'''Variant''': More than once, it's abridged to only show the final product.
+'''Variant''': More than once, its abridged to only show the final product.
 '''FX/SFX''': The animation for the Bell logo and the text, which are in 2D animation.