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1949 EDITION
651.3-652
SECRETARY TAKES DICTATION — Cont. tlon. Presents duties of a secretary In a modem office, as compared with those of a stenographer or cleric, with emphasis on the efficient organization of the work of the secretary
SECRETARY TRANSCRIBES. Coronet 1947 lOmin sd $45. also color $90 651.3
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Collaborator: Peter L.. Agnew, associate professor of education. New York University
Follows a secretary through the transcription of a typical day's notes and gives to secretarial students a picture of many of the details that are involved In transcribing in a business office. An understanding of the additional office habits beyond knowledge of shorthand and typing that differentiate a good secretary from a stengrapher is one of the objectives of this film. The necessity of experience and the mastering of the skills and habits of thought that make a valuable secretary are emphasized
SECRETARY'S DAY. Coronet 1947 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 651.3
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Collaborator: Peter L. Agnew, associate professor of education. New York University
The daily activities of a secretary are compared with those of a stenographer to show the added responsibilities and duties of the secretary. In the course of a day, the secretary is shown handling callers, appointments, telephone calls, filing, and many other details of office procedure. Designed for shorthand, typing, and secretarial office practice courses
651.7 Business leffers
EIGHT PARTS OF A BUSINESS LETTER. Library Flm 1944 12min sd $24 651.7
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"Shows how mail Is handled, why letters are standardized as to form in business, the difference between social and business forms, the heading, the Introductory address, the salutation, the body, the complimentary close, the signature, the outside address, the return address, the proper folding and enclosing of business letters, two-page letters, window envelopes, basic display and arrangement.
"Every essential form is completely visualized." Scholastic
652 Writing. Typewriting
ADVANCED TYPING: DUPLICATING AND MANUSCRIPT. Castle 1944 26min sd $32.27
652 sh-c-tr-ad Produced by De Prenes for U.S. Navy Demonstrates the proper method of making masters for duplicating machine use, correcting mistakes on a stencil, the use of the Illuminated drawing board for tracing lines, making hectogrraph masters, correcting mistakes when using hectograph ribbons or carbon, use of the electomatic hectograph machine, use of various types of duplicating machines and typing manuscripts with footnotes Centering on a typewriter, improvising characters or marks that do not appear on the keyboard and reading proofreaders marks are also explained
ADVANCED TYPING: SHORTCUTS. Castle 1944 35min sd $42.54 652
sh-c-tr-ad Produced by De Frenes for U.S. Navy Stresses the Importance of good posture and having your equipment arranged and demonstrates how to use the tab stops, tab bar, decimal tabulator key
Shows how to handle carbon packs, use the pressure Indicator, make proper erasures.
Insert missing words ajid letters, remove extra words and letters, type cards, envelopes and labels and draw vertical and horizontal lines
BASIC TYPING: MACHINE OPERATION.
Castle 1944 29min sd $35.85 652
sh-c-tr-ad Produced by De Frenes for U.S. Navy Demonstrates correct stroking at speeds ranging from 35 to 180 words per minute
The principal parts of a typewriter are pointed out and their function and use Is discussed and demonstrated on different machines, together with the correct touch for noiseless, manual, and electric machines
BASIC TYPING: METHODS. Castle 1944 31min sd $38 652
sh-c-tr-ad Produced by De Frenes for U.S. Navy Demonstrates the correct posture for typing and proper fingering of the keys; shows the use of the shift key, back spacer, tabulator, carriage return lever, etc. on both manual and electric machines; discusses the function of various fixtures on the machine
Correct Insertion of single sheets and a carbon pack Is also demonstrated, together with the use of the paper release and carriage release levers
BUILDING TYPING SKILL. Coronet 1948 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 652
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Collaborator: D. D. Lessenberry, director of commercial education. University of Pittsburgh
By practice of skill building exercises, the student masters relaxation, precise operative control, attention to the copy, control of his arms and hands and self confidence. Includes slow motion details of the exercises
"Follows traditional methods too closely in presenting material." Collaborator
CHAMPIONSHIP TYPING. AssnFlm 1938 15min si rent $2 652
sh-tr-ad Guide Produced by Teaching Aids Exchange Features Grace Phelan, world's champion amateur typist, in a slow motion study of her work. Emphasizes correct position, touch, and rhythm. Shows Miss Phelan typing at measured rates of speed, varying at ten word intervals, from forty to one hundred and forty words a minute, with one short demonstration at two hundred words a minute. A slow motion study follows every normal speed demonstration "Doubt school value." Collaborator
HOW TO OPERATE MIMEOGRAPH DUPLICATOR 91. BEVA 1945 20min sd $70, rent $3.50 652
sh-tr-ad Shows in detail and with many closeups, the preparation of stencils on the typewriter, the use of the illuminated drawing board or mimeoscope, the operation of the mimeograph duplicator in all its phases, the care of the machine and samples of excellent reproduction
KNOW YOUR TYPEWRITER. BEVA 30min sd rent $3.50 652
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A detailed study of typewriter techniques. Includes feeding paper, touch control, setting tabular stops, changing the ribbon, using the noiseless machine, inserting an extra letter in a word, setting margins, centering headings
READY TO TYPE. Coronet 1948 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 652
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Collaborator: D. D. Lessenberry, director of commercial education. University of Pittsburgh
Shows students that readiness is the prerequisite to typing efficiency, making all necessary adjustments to the machine and to one
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