The first official Trans-Atlantic telephone call is made from London to New York and to Montreal from the British Post Master Genreral, Dr. Charles Hill "Radio Doctor" Secretary of The British Medical Association, former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food. Left to Right :- Mr. C. J. M. Alport, Assistant Postmaster General; His Excellency Mr. Norman Robertson, High Comissioner for Canada to London; Dr. Charles Hill; Rt. Hon. Winthrop Aldrich, American Ambassador to London; and Sir Gordon Radley, Director General of the British Post Office. 25th September 1956