- Title: SC-75
- Summary: SELECTING QUALITY CHEVROLET SALESMEN:
- Description:01:00:28 - BUSINESSMAN WITH HAND ON CHIN IN CONTEMPLATION & QUESTION MARK SUPERIMPOSED OVER SALESMEN'S FACES 01:00:32 - 4 DIFFERENT CHEVROLET BUILDINGS ON SCREEN (ALL STILL SHOTS) & SERVICEMAN WORKING ON CAR,SERVICEMAN TALKING TO CUSTOMER & SECRETARY AT DESK AS NARRATOR SPEAKS ON BUSINESSMAN'S RESPONSIBILITIES TO THESE PEOPLE 01:00:45 - CU OF CHEVROLET LOGO. CU OF 2 FILE BOXES WITH PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMERS NAMECARDS 01:00:59 - MS BUSINESS MANAGER STANDS AT HIS DESK SPEAKING TO SALESMEN SEATED AROUND HIS DESK LISTENING (STILL SHOTS) 01:01:09 - MS BUSINESSMAN MANAGER INTERVIEWS SALESMAN SEATED AT HIS DESK 01:01:20 - CU OFFICE DOOR ENTRANCE OF "PERSONNEL MANAGER" (STILL SHOTS) 01:01:30 - MS DRAWING SHOWING MAN SEATED IN ELECTRIC CHAIR TYPE SEAT AS ANOTHER MAN THROWS LEVER LIGHTING UP SIGN ABOVE SAYING "THIS IS YOUR MAN." NARRATOR EXPLAINS THERE IS NO MACHINE THAT DOES THAT 01:01:33 - MS SALESMAN SPEAKS TO MAN & WOMAN PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMERS WITH NEW CAR IN BACKGROUND (STILL SHOTS) 01:01:40 - SPLIT SCENE SHOWING 4 SCENES OF BUSINESSMAN AT DESK INTERVIEWS, FOR PROSPECTIVE SALESMEN (STILL SHOT) 01:01:51 - MS SALESMAN & PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMER IN FRONT SEAT OF NEW CAR (STILL SHOT) 01:02:01 - MS SALES MANAGER AT DESK LOOKS UP AT PROSPECTIVE SALESMAN WITH ANXIOUS LOOK ON HIS FACE (STILL) 01:02:05 - CU SALES MANAGER HAVING SERIOUS INTERVIEW WITH PROSPECT (STILL) 01:02:18 - CU MAN AT DESK SPEAKS DIRECTLY INTO CAMERA 01:02:28 - MS SALES MANAGER & DEALERS SEATED AROUND CONFERENCE TABLE POSE LOOKING INTO CAMERA (STILL) 01:02:37 - MS APPLICATION FORMS, BROCHURES, ETC., SUPERIMPOSED IN BACKGROUND OF SALESMAN BEING INTERVIEWED AT DESK BY MANAGER 01:02:51 - CU QUALITY SELLING ORGANIZATION GUIDE BOOKS, WITH BROCHURES "SELECTING QUALITY SALESMAN" PAMPHLETS 01:03:05 - CU "THE SALESMAN YOU WANT" PAMPHLET SHOWING THE TYPE OF DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS (FACE OF SALESMAN, SUPERIMPOSED ON PAMPHLET 01:03:13 - CU PAMPHLET LISTS, EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, MARITAL STATUS AND OTHER PERSONAL DESIRABLE ASPECTS OF APPLICANTS (NARRATOR READS LIST) 01:03:14 - CU BUSINESSMAN SPEAKS INTO CAMERA, ASKS WHERE CAN I FIND SALESMEN WITH THE RIGHT QUALIFICATIONS? 01:04:13 - CU "WHERE TO LOOK FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATE," PAMPHLET. WITH DRAWING OF MAN LOOKING THRU LARGE MAGNIFYING GLASS OVER A GROUP OF PEOPLE 01:04:22 - MS TWO MEN IN BUSINESS SUITS & HATS SHAKING HANDS OUTSIDE BUILDING (STILL SHOT) 01:04:31 - SPLIT SCREEN WITH 4 DIFFERENT SCENES OF SALESMEN BEING INTERVIEWED WITH PAMPHLET, "THE SELECTION PLAN" SUPERIMPOSED BEHIND INTERVIEWS 01:04:40 - MONTAGE OF SECTIONS WITHIN PAMPHLET DESCRIBING SELECTION PROCESS IN VARIOUS STEPS. FINAL LIST OF 6 STEPS 01:05:57 - CU SALESMAN & INTERVIEWER SEATED AT DESK, BOTH STANDING AND SHAKING HAND AS PROSPECT HAS HAND ON DOORKNOB READY TO EXIT (STILL) 01:06:32 - CU SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW PRINTED ON SCREEN 01:07:01 - MS SALES MANAGER ON PHONE AT HIS DESK IS SEEN THRU' GLASS PARTITIONED OFFICE SUMMONS SALESMAN WITH HIS HAND TO COME IN 01:07:11 - MS SALES MANAGER STILL HOLDING PHONE, CUPS SPEAKER TELLS SALESMAN TO "TAKE A SEAT" 01:07:19 - CU SALES MANAGER SPEAKS OVER PHONE & POLITELY HANGS UP AS SALESMAN SEATED AT DESK WATCHES 01:07:28 - MS MANAGER OFFERS PROSPECTIVE SALES A CIGARETTE BOX OF CIGARETTES ON HIS DESK. SALESMAN TAKES ONE & SALES MANAGER ALSO TAKES ONE 01:07:40 - MS MANAGER LIGHTS SALESMAN & HIS OWN CIGARETTES WITH LIGHTER 01:07:44 - MS SALESMAN BLOWS SMOKE THRU HIS NOSE AS MANAGER TAKES A PUFF ON HIS & BEGINS TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HIMSELF 01:08:22 - CU MANAGER LISTENS INTENTLY, SHOWING INTEREST, NODDING HIS HEAD 01:08:38 - MONTAGE AS STILL SCENES OF ABOVE ACTIONS ARE SHOWN AGAIN, EACH STEP IS EXPLAINED BY NARRATOR AS TO THEIR PERTINENCE 01:09:19 - MS SALESMAN NODS AS MANAGER SPEAKS ABOUT SALARY & COMMISSIONS BOTH PUT OUT CIGARETTES IN ASH TRAY AS BOTH STAND & WALK TO THE DOOR 01:09:34 - MS MANAGER TAKES SALESMAN & INTRODUCES HIM TO DEALER IN NEXT OFFICE. SEPARATED BY GLASS PARTITION & LEAVES THEM TOGETHER 01:09:46 - MS PROSPECTIVE SALESMAN & DEALER CHAT CASUALLY 01:09:54 - CU 1ST MANAGER SITS AT DESK & JOTS DOWN HIS REMARKS ABOUT PROSPECT (POV OVERLOOKING BEHIND HIS SHOULDER) 01:10:11 - CU FILLED OUT APPLICATION WITH BOXES CHECKED OFF 01:10:21 - MS MANAGER WALKS PROSPECT OUT OF DEALER'S OFFICE & INTO HIS 01:10:30 - CU DEALER MAKES THOUGHTFUL EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE THEN JOTS DOWN HIS EVALUATION OF PROSPECT 01:10:42 - MS DEALER WALKS THRU GLASS PARTITIONED DOOR INTO MANAGER'S OFFICE WHO IS SEEN SPEAKING TO PROSPECT AND CALLS MANAGER INTO HIS OFFICE 01:10:57 - MS BOTH COMPARE THEIR EVALUATION NOTES OF PROSPECT MANAGER WALKS BACK INTO HIS OFFICE WITH PROSPECT SITTING IN WAIT 01:11:28 - MS MANAGER HANDS PROSPECTIVE SALESMAN 2 BOOKLETS ABOUT GM 01:11:42 - CU SALESMAN'S HAND HOLDING CHEVROLET BOOKLET "LET'S GET AQUAINTED" AND LET'S GET ACQUAINTED APPLICATION 01:12:15 - MS MANAGER ESCORTS SALESMAN OUT OF HIS OFFICE TO A TABLE FOR SALESMAN TO FILL OUT APPLICATION 01:12:25 - MS SALESMAN FILLS OUT APPLICATION AS MANAGER IS SEEN THRU OPEN DOOR AT HIS DESK 01:12:30 - CU SALESMAN FILLS OUT APPLICATION (POV OVER HIS SHOULDER) 01:12:42 - MS SALESMAN ENTERS OFFICE & HANDS MANAGER APPLICATION, SALESMAN WALKS OVER TO HAT RACK, TAKES HIS HAT, IS ESCORTED OUT OF OFFICE BY MANAGER 01:13:01 - MS BOTH SHAKE HANDS AT OFFICE DOOR, SALES MANAGER SHUTS DOOR & WALKS TO HIS DESK & SITS DOWN (POV THRU GLASS PARTITION) 01:13:19 - MS MANAGER CAREFULLY REVIEWS APPLICATION, SMILES & NODS HIS APPROVAL. 01:13:29 - CU FILLED OUT "LET'S GET ACQUAINTED" APPLICATION (NARRATOR SPEAKS ABOUT IT) 01:13:57 - CU LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS & REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICANTS 01:14:21 - MONTAGE OF STILL SHOTS AS NARRATOR GOES ABOUT EXPLAINING DESIRABILITY CONCERNING AGE, EDUCATION, MARITAL STATUS, ETC., OF CANDIDATES 01:14:22 - MONTAGE OF STILL SHOTS OF YOUNG SALES PERSON, YOUNG COLLEGE GRADUATE IN HAT & GOWN, A MARRIED COUPLE SITTING ON SOFA, A MARRIED COUPLE WITH 2 CHILDREN IN LIVING ROOM, ETC. (AS NARRATOR EXPLAINS) 01:15:00 - MONTAGE EACH QUESTION ON APPLICATION IS SHOWN & THEN EXPLAINED BY NARRATOR ITS REASONS & DESIRABILITY WITH PERTINENT STILL SHOTS 01:21:44 - MS SALES MANAGER PICKS UP PHONE & DIALS WAITS FOR CONNECTION THEN TALKS 01:22:05 - CU SALES MANAGER SPEAKING ON PHONE CHECKING SALESMAN'S REFERENCES 01:22:17 - CU LIST OF PRIOR EMPLOYEES & REASONS FOR LEAVING 01:22:19 - CU WHITE HAIRED ELDERLY EXEC WITH GLASSES, SPEAKS ON PHONE SHOWS ENTHUSIASM IN PRAISING EX-EMPLOYEE 01:22:33 - CU SAME EXEC IS HESITANT AND UNCONVINCING IN HIS APPRAISAL 01:22:51 - CU SALES MANAGER LISTENING & NODDING FROM WHAT HE IS HEARING ON PHONE 01:23:06 - MS SALES MANAGER AT DESK MAKES ONE FINAL PERUSAL OF APPLICATION ON EACH SIDE PLACES IT IN HIS DESK DRAWER 01:23:38 - MS MANAGER MAKES NOTES, PAUSES & CONTEMPLATES THEN CONTINUES MAKING NOTES 01:23:58 - MS MANAGER RISES FROM HIS DESK & WAVES AT PROSPECTIVE SALESMAN WHO ARRIVES FOR HIS 2ND INTERVIEW (POV THRU GLASS PARTITION FROM OUTSIDE) 01:24:07 - MS HAT IN HAND SALESMAN WALKS IN, SHAKES HANDS WITH MANAGER THEN WALKS OVER TO HAT RACK TO HANG HIS HAT. BOTH SIT AT DESK & CHAT 01:24:28 - MS MANAGER PICKS UP APPLICATION & ASKS THE SALESMAN QUESTIONS ABOUT GAP IN HIS EMPLOYMENT RECORD 01:24:55 - MS MANAGER TAKES FORMS OF WORKING AGREEMENT OUT OF DESK DRAWER, EXPLAINS IT TO SALESMAN. SALESMAN TAKES PEN OUT OF POCKET & SIGNS 01:25:38 - MS BOTH WALK INTO CONNECTING OFFICE TO DEALER WHO SHAKES HANDS WITH HIS NEW SALESMAN 01:26:00 - MS MANAGER GIVES KEYS TO NEW CHEVROLET TO SALESMAN TO TAKE HOME ON AN OVERNIGHT DEMONSTRATION. MANAGER NODS TO DEALER AS SALESMAN WALKS OUT OF OFFICE. DEALER & MANAGER CHAT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1946
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: SC-75