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The pass book is shown enlarged and the cashier goes on quietly with his work until the caption shows :
A DAILY REGISTER SUMMARIZING THE SEVERAL CURRENT ACCOUNT OPERATIONS BY MEANS OF A CARBON SHEET.
The clerk extracts the daily account from the machine, this is displayed by another clerk to the public, and is next shown enlarged on the screen.
Checking the computation of interest
Two clerks are seen intent on checking the calculation of interests by means of a multiplying machine. This machine is worked by electricity and seems to work very easily, to judge from the projection on the screen. Two clerks attend to it, one of whom gets out the calculations while the other checks them, extracting the totals from the machine by means of which the calculations are made. The attention of the public is next called to :
An address-writing machine
This caption is shown : The addresses are written at the top of the notes to be mailed.
These pictures were taken in the mailing section of the Bank.
One of the clerks is intent on printing the addresses with a special machine that works in the following manner :
By means of an accessory machine which is seen on the right of the film, the plates are prepared with the names and precise addresses of the customers ; these plates are placed in order in a kind of uncovered box, which fits precisely into a special sector of the main machine. This, as also the accessory machine, are worked by electricity and the printing of the addresses is the matter of a few seconds only.
At this juncture a clerk turns up who first displays the note on which the address is to be printed and then the same note with the address. This latter is next projected on the screen enlarged. There is next shown on the screen :
A Cyclostyle followed by the caption :
Cheaply printed for the internal sfrvice of the bank
The cyclostyle is shown on the film. A clerk comes in and displays the sheet to be printed. By pressing a button, he sets the machine going and the printed sheets are seen dropping on the other side of the machine. The clerk holds up a printed specimen, which is next shown enlarged. The clerk goes out.
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