1948INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS
FILM ABOUT HOW A COMPANY IMPROVES ITS TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD SERVICE, THUS IMPROVING COMPANY EFFICIENCY COMPANY-WIDE.
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Female Telephone operator at work on switchboard and speaking with callers.
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Business man walks into office and speaks with secretary. Sits down, watches operator.
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CU Switchboard, operator.
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CU Woman's hand writing a note with a pen.
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Interested man watches operator work. Almost looks like romantic interest.
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CU desktop flashing light that shows a person is on the phone long distance.
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Secretary tells the business man "You can go in now".
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Two business men greet and shake hands in office.
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Man offers a cigarette to his guest who accepts. He lights it for him.
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Men discuss business
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Man trying to start his car in bad weather. Rain or sleet.
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Man walking quickly through the rain on a city street.
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INT Sopping wet man enters a diner and walks to a phone booth.
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Wet man drops in coin, dials phone. Clearly upset.
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Busy and incompetent secretary typing at typewriter, trying to ignore phone. Picks up phone and is unprofessional. She drops papers etc. Man in phone booth is upset and yells at operator.
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Exasperated frustrated operator looks to the heavens and blows wisps of hair out of her face and uses switchboard.
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INT Drugstore or Diner. Waiter brings customer coffee.
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Man ponders over a cup of coffee.
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CU Man's hand extinguishing cigarette in a glass ashtray.
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Man sits in thought. Then he gets an idea and snaps his fingers. "I've got it."
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Busy office. Man drops papers from file cabinet. Slow zoom onto telephone off the hook on a desk. Voice on the phone can be heard "Hello? Hello? Hello?"
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Secretary speaks on telephone while chewing gum. Unprofessional telephone etiquette.
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Man speaks into Dictaphone. Phone rings. He picks up the receiver. He says "Hello? Hello?" A hang up.
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Men in suits and woman walk on sidewalk outside office building.
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Man stops in front of display window.
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Display window for telephone company. Says Be Prompt Be Patient. Shows a rabbit and a turtle.
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Man has an idea. Walks into the building.
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Men discuss business telephone etiquette. Telephone company man gives customer booklets to read.
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Men discuss business in office.
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Office employees room for a business meeting. Includes shots that could read as an audience watching a play or movie. Boss makes a presentation about the proper use of the telephone.
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CU ear piece of a phone receiver. Dial tone can be heard.
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Telephone use meeting continues with good audience shots.
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CU Hand pressing down on telephone cradle to signal the operator.
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Audience laughs at speaker's joke. presentation continues with audience shots.
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Comedic scene. Two secretaries speaking on the phone together but they are cannot figure out who they are speaking with because of poor etiquette.
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Uproarious audience laughter shot from behind. Speaker enjoys it.
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Professional office man answers the telephone. Professional woman answers the telephone.
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Boss talks to his group of employees. Continues to present proper ways to talk on the phone.
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CU hanging up. Receiver placed on the cradle.
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Meeting continues.
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Woman rises and asks a question.
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Meeting continues.
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Man uses a sign to make his point. Zoom to CU of the sign.
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Meeting continues. Includes demonstration of a a phone call between business men.
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CU Man's hand writing a note on a pad of paper.
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Telephone demonstration continues. Men say "Goodbye" on the phones.
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Meeting and telephone demonstration continues.
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Funny scene of a woman's frustration at getting transferred many times on the telephone until she hangs up.
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Meeting continues.
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Demonstration where man holds up boards with various drawings etc.
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Employees leaving meeting and discuss what they learned.
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Men in office continue discussion.
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Frustrated and tired operator types then answers the phone. It changes to her looking under control and professional.
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Men in office talk business.
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Film Ends.
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