An enactment shows a man ,Mr. X after having realized the importance of good telephone habits goes through newspaper,books and listens to radio broadcasts in order to learn to speak pleasantly. He observes how telephone calls are answered at various business organizations. He acquaints his staff members with new telephone habits for a better business. Scenes include the business man in his office with a female secretary standing by to take notes, scenes of the man in his living room chair, smoking a pipe and listening to his console radio, and scenes of the man in office settings.
An enactment shows a man,Mr. X discussing the after effects of adopting new telephone practices involving personal interest, on his business. Wrong telephone habits lead to adverse effects on the business whereas pleasant telephone habits reflecting personal interest of the employee in the caller helps build reputation of the company. Scenes include the man in his business office talking to his female secretary, and various scenes with the man speaking on the telephone to different parties. Also scenes of two women speaking on the phone, and a shop keeper in a general store.
Big guns manufacture for new fighter aircraft at Washington Navy Yard. Aircraft overhead. U.S. Navy officer points on a map. Captain and crew on ship's deck. Warship underway at sea. Explosions in water.
Host Frank Knight in a television program Longines Chronoscope. Baseball game played at Yankee stadium in New York. Longines clock on the top of a scoreboard. Frank Knight talks about the accuracy of Longines watches.
Maiden voyage of Ford Motor Company's new barge 'S.S. Chester'. Passengers aboard the barge. The barge will carry parts from Rouge Plant to Atlantic Sea-board branches through Erie Canal. Ship leaves Rouge Plant. Crane seen in background. Mr. Hutchins and other notables aboard. Captain Johnson seen.
Crowd stands in front of courthouse in New York City. Taxis and other cars are parked on the roads in front of the skyscraper. Lawyer George Levy, of Nassau Trotting Association, being interviewed and photographed, on courthouse steps. Frank Erickson, bookmaker for Frank Costello, leaves courthouse, with several others, after testifying before the Kefauver Committee. They are photographed by cameramen. Frank Erickson, followed by a companion, enters a 1947 Chrysler Crown Imperial Limousine, which drives away with them in the back seat. A momentary glimpse of Frank Costello, with several others in the hall of the courthouse.
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