Jacques Marette, ministre des PTT

In 1964 when the International Direct Dial system is set up.
PTT Minister Jacques Marette manages to get
from ITU (International Telecom Union) in Geneva
for France
the easy to remember double digit country code +33

The Apollow 11 crew Neil Armstrong Mike Collins Buzz Aldrin	Buzz Aldrin photographed by Neil Armstrond

In the US Telecommunications very advanced.
A new milestone is broken July 20 1969
when Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins go to the Moon.
Their adventure opens a new frontier to Satellite communication.

"Demoiselle du Telephone" in the 1960s

It is only in 1970 that it becames possible
to place direct calls from Paris.
It took a decade until all of France could use automatic dialing.