Office Etiquette Pt. 1 of 2
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Secretary Joan Spencer tells story of her rise from file clerk & stenographer to personnel director.
04:20:08 Joan in her first typing class - tracking shot showing male as well as female students. Teacher Miss Purcell makes speech (SOF) to class re secretarial work & etiquette - “You’re starting a new career, it can be fun or it can be hard...it all depends on the way you look at things, your attitudes...treat others as you wish to be treated” etc. Tracking shot w/ Blacks visible. Joan & class get back to typing exercise.
04:21:52 CU Application for Employment filled out by Joan - questions inc. no. of children - no experience to put down. Stilted dialogue as Joan hands in application directly to personnel manager & offered job starting Monday because she trained under Miss Purcell - “her recommendation means a lot here”. Manager asks if she thinks she can get along w/ people in a small company.
04:22:56 Joan arrives on first day at work - pan across open-plan office w/ men & women at desks - Joan remembers Miss Purcell’s advice re consideration & etiquette. Joan into Personnel Dept. - supervisor says she knows Miss Purcell “quite well”. Joan introduced to colleagues & shown her desk - smiles at neighbour.
04:24:49 INT diner w/ women sitting in booths. VO “The girls took me to lunch that first day” - signs up for Bowling League. Joan at home practicing shorthand & studying company operations, history & business terms.
04:25:32 Manager points out mistake in letter typed by Joan - she breaks etiquette by contradicting him. He dictates paragraph again - VO “I learned then to admit my mistakes gracefully...” Examples of Joan’s colleagues who she noticed breaking office etiquette: woman eating cake while typing, sticky fingers all over paperwork; man reading concealed newspaper; woman CU typing a personal letter, blows kiss at typewriter then looks around guiltily; woman on telephone gossiping; man yawning from lack of sleep; woman wearing evening dress & checking make-up for date after work. Continued on 221277.
Careers; Promotion; Courtesy; Social Skills; Gender Equality; Secretarial Skills; Office Education; 1950s Americana; Working; Educational Films; Instructional Films;
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Office Etiquette Pt. 1 of 2 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Secretary Joan Spencer tells story of her rise from file clerk & stenographer to personnel director. 04:20:08 Joan in her first typing class - tracking shot showing male as well as female students. Teacher Miss Purcell makes speech (SOF) to class re secretarial work & etiquette - “You’re starting a new career, it can be fun or it can be hard...it all depends on the way you look at things, your attitudes...treat others as you wish to be treated” etc. Tracking shot w/ Blacks visible. Joan & class get back to typing exercise. 04:21:52 CU Application for Employment filled out by Joan - questions inc. no. of children - no experience to put down. Stilted dialogue as Joan hands in application directly to personnel manager & offered job starting Monday because she trained under Miss Purcell - “her recommendation means a lot here”. Manager asks if she thinks she can get along w/ people in a small company. 04:22:56 Joan arrives on first day at work - pan across open-plan office w/ men & women at desks - Joan remembers Miss Purcell’s advice re consideration & etiquette. Joan into Personnel Dept. - supervisor says she knows Miss Purcell “quite well”. Joan introduced to colleagues & shown her desk - smiles at neighbour. 04:24:49 INT diner w/ women sitting in booths. VO “The girls took me to lunch that first day” - signs up for Bowling League. Joan at home practicing shorthand & studying company operations, history & business terms. 04:25:32 Manager points out mistake in letter typed by Joan - she breaks etiquette by contradicting him. He dictates paragraph again - VO “I learned then to admit my mistakes gracefully...” Examples of Joan’s colleagues who she noticed breaking office etiquette: woman eating cake while typing, sticky fingers all over paperwork; man reading concealed newspaper; woman CU typing a personal letter, blows kiss at typewriter then looks around guiltily; woman on telephone gossiping; man yawning from lack of sleep; woman wearing evening dress & checking make-up for date after work. Continued on 221277. Careers; Promotion; Courtesy; Social Skills; Gender Equality; Secretarial Skills; Office Education; 1950s Americana; Working; Educational Films; Instructional Films;