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1910COMMUNISM & RUSSIA
EARLY OFFICE USE OF THE TALKING MACHINE. EDISON BUSINESS PHONOGRAPH AND HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES EASIER. EARLY ADVERTISING FILM FOR THE DICTAPHONE CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH.

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"SHORTHAND TROUBLES"
BOSS IN OFFICE DICTATING LETTER TO SECRETARY TAKING SHORTHAND. SECRETARY GETS UP POINTS TO CLOCK ON WALL, GETS UPSET AS BOSS STANDS, REMOVES JACKET AND CONTINUES DICTATING DESPITE LATE HOUR.
01:13:20 44 thumbnail
ANOTHER OFFICE WORKER ENTERS AND ASKS SECRETARY TO TAKE HIS LETTER. SHE GESTURES SHE IS BUSY WITH OTHER MAN. MEN GET INTO ARGUMENT. SECRETARY PUTS BOTH HANDS TO HEAD IN CONFUSION.
01:13:59 83 thumbnail
TITLE: "WHAT SHALL WE DO?" AFTER FIVE AND WORK NOT YET FINISHED.
01:14:05 89 thumbnail
OFFICE BOY TAKES HAT OFF RACK AND POINTS TO CLOCK ON WALL TO TELL SECRETARY THAT IT IS TIME TO GO HOME.
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SECRETARY FINISHES TYPING & PLACES LETTERS ON BOTH BOSS'S DESKS
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SECRETARY READY TO GO HOME PUTS ON HER LARGE HAT FROM HAT RACK. IS STOPPED BY BOTH BOSSES WITH MORE WORK. SHE BREAKS DOWN IN TEARS. BOTH BOSSES TRY TO CONSOLE HER, SEND HER HOME
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TITLE: "LET EDISON HELP YOU"
01:15:19 163 thumbnail
TWO MEN SIT DOWN AT DESK AS EDISON SALESMAN COMES IN. MEN SHOW HIM THE UNFINISHED WORK. POINT TO CLOCK AND EMPTY SECRETARY'S DESK.
01:15:56 200 thumbnail
CU BROCHURE FOR "THE EDISON COMMERCIAL SYSTEM"
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MEN WAVE SALESMAN OFF, THEN LOOK AT BROCHURE
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SALESMAN DEMONSTRATES PHONOGRAPH DICTATING MACHINE. REMOVES CYLINDER, AND PLACES IT ON PHONOGRAPH MACHINE.
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SECRETARY WEARING EARPHONES TYPES AS SHE LISTENS TO DICTATION ON MACHINE. HAPPILY TRANSCRIBING
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WORKER "SHAVING" THE WAX CYLINDERS AFTER TRANSCRIBING BY PUTTING IT INTO MACHINE. ERASING CYLINDER FOR USE AGAIN.
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MAN DICTATING INTO MACHINE WHILE SECRETARY TRANSCRIBING ANOTHER CYLINDER IN BKGD
01:19:28 412 thumbnail
EVERYONE PREPARES TO GO HOME HAPPILY AS ALL WORK IS DONE.
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EDISON SALESMAN ENTERS OFFICE & SHAKES EVERYONE'S HANDS.
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