Demonstrates the duties of a secretary and shows how they should be carried out to ensure maximum efficiency in the office. Shows correct and incorrect methods of handling a job, the wrong methods being demonstrated in a dream which a young secretary experiences on the eve of beginning a new job.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
312000
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Ephemeral films
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Career education
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Office management
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Office practice
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Secretaries
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Work experience
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Career education
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Management - Study and teaching
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Secretaries
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental hygiene
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental hygiene - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)