Selling As A Career

Selling As A Career Coronet Instructional Films Salesman along snowy sunny suburb street w/ vacuum cleaner - knocks on door; INT demonstrates vacuum for housewife sitting on sofa; MCU showing vacuum. VO “Such salesman are serving throughout the whole of our economy”; montage showing activities of superimposed salesmen w/ shots of steel mill, wholesaler. 00:11:48 Retail business owner, merchant, at counter talking w/ salesman about small fan. Woman in fur coat enters buying electrical appliance. Man selling ties at store counter. 00:12:19 Television camera & advertisement for kitchen appliances - woman holds up sign ‘See It At Your Local Dealer’. Woman at desk selling by telephone. Secretary at typewriter, puts paper in. 00:12:33 Wife & husband in living room w/ boy & girl, she picks up boy for bed. Art Williams kisses kids goodnight, picks up toys, wife takes children to bed. Art opens briefcase, sits down at desk to complete orders for mailing. 00:13:09 CU writes Customer Report; wife in apron w/ coffee. Appointments list, checks previous orders. 00:14:06 EXT small department shop w/ large sign ‘Mages - Your Stores for Sport’ w/ various appliance & other sporting goods manufacturers including Converse & Spalding. VO says it is an important account. Art looking at ski boot at his desk. Checks notes for next appointment. 00:14:34 Brief EXT. Sporting Goods store w/ awning, people pastd. Art reads about his product - ski boots. 00:14:49 Ext. Window of ‘Wilson Stamm Sport Shop’; looks at ski boot at desk, gets up stretches & thinks; reads more about boots. 00:15:32 Ext. Art arrives at Mages, checks window display & enters. INT Art greets store manager, shows new ski boot line: (SOF) “I’d like you to look at two boots...the Ski Master sells in your lower price range...” - VO calls it “Helping your customer buy”. Manager tells him complaints about older line of boots; “You shouldn’t have any trouble w/ these though”. 00:17:48 Art pours water into boot to show no leaks, CU scratches his chin w/ smug expression. VO: “How good a judge of people are you?” Art out of store, into his car, traffic passing (GOOD STREET SCENE. 00:19:00 Art drives along highway, pulls up in front of awning w/ sporting goods. INT sports shop - Art talks to manager next to stacks of shoe boxes. 00:19:33 Art to window of WilsonStamm Sports Shop looks, int. talking. Neon sign: North Shore Motel. Art completing paperwork 00:20:14 CU high school student at Guidance Office, meets w/ counsellor & talks to tire salesman, others. Art at home w/ wife & two other kids. The End. Careers; Nuclear Family; Housewife; 1950s Americana; Occupations; Businesses;