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1950-1959INDUSTRY/MANUFACTURING
SALES TECHNIQUES. SALESMEN.

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CU FINGERS ON TYPEWRITER,
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ENGINEER ARCHITECT DRAWING BLUEPRINTS
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CONSTRUCTION SIGHT. STEEL STRUCTURE
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MAN REACHES INTO BRIEF CASE, PULLS OUT PAPER, HANDS PASSING THINGS.
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BUSINESSMAN WALKING UP TO BUILDING, PULLS BUSINESS CARD OUT OF POCKET, READS, HEAVY SIGH, PUTS BACK IN POCKET, NERVOUS
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PUTNAM COMPANY DOOR. MAN IN OFFICE.
INTERVIEW. SECRETARY. THE BOSS. SALESMEN.
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BOSS AND SECRETARY TALKS IN OFFICE
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BUSINESSMAN IN OFFICE LOOKING AT PAPERS, LOOKS OVER TO CARICATURE OF HIMSELF ON WALL, MAN SMILES TO HIMSELF. SMILE TURNS TO A FROWN. LOOKS OVER AT EMPTY DESK, VISUALIZES HIMSELF AS A SALESMAN SITTING THERE. MAN IN THOUGHT. MAN TALKS TO HIMSELF. REMEMBERS WHEN HE WAS ONLY A SALESMAN
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SECRETARY NEATENS HER DESK, PUTS THINGS AWAY, PUTS ON 1950s HAT, TELEPHONE RINGS, BOYFRIEND CALLS GIRLFRIEND AT WORK PEOPLE ON THE TELEPHONE. MAKES A DATE
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SECRETARY LEAVING WORK, HESITATES AT BOSS' DOOR, CHANGES HER MIND, LEAVES WITHOUT SAYING GOODNIGHT TURNS OUT OFFICE LIGHTS.
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BOSS WORKING IN OFFICE HEARS FRONT DOOR CLOSE, LOOKS AT WRIST WATCH, PUTS PAPERS AWAY, GRABS HAT FROM STAND, OPENS DOOR, VISUALIZES HIMSELF YOUNGER CHATTING TO SECRETARY, SMILES TO HIMSELF, TURNS OFFICE LIGHTS OUT, LEAVES WORK
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WAITER SERVES COFFEE TO PEOPLE IN 1950s DINER.
WAITER OPENS CASH REGISTER, PUTS COIN IN JUKEBOX, MUSIC COMES ON, COUPLE DANCING.
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CU FEET GOING THRU REVOLVING DOOR.
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CU HAND ON DOOR KNOB.
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PEOPLE OPENING THINGS, CU HAND OPENING WALLET, HANDS BUSINESS CARD OVER. CU OPENING BRIEF CASE TAKING OUT PAPERS.
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MEN SHAKING THEIR HEADS, "NO." REJECTION
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CU SMILING MAN, TURNS SAD. SAD FACE ON GUY.
DISAPPOINTED. GULPS A SWALLOW
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CU MAN SHAKES HEAD YES. CU MAN REGISTERING WHAT ANOTHER HAS SAID, BREAKS INTO BIG SMILE
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CU MAN SHAKING HEAD NO.
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CO-WORKER ENTERS OFFICE, MAN AT WORK. CO-WORKERS TALKING. OPENS LETTER, MEN READING LETTER.
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SECRETARY CONFUSED ABOUT TYPEWRITER. TELLS BOSS SOMEONE USES IT WHEN SHE LEAVES.
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SECRETARY, RECEPTIONIST HANGS UP PHONE, SHAKES HER HEAD NO, I'M SORRY, BOSS WON'T SEE YOU
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SALESMAN WAITING IN CHAIR TAPS FINGERS ON BRIEF CASE, MAN NEXT TO HIM LEAFING THROUGH MAGAZINE
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SECRETARY, RECEPTIONIST HANGS UP PHONE, SMILES BRIGHTLY, YES BOSS WILL SEE YOU
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SALESMAN GIVING HIS SPIEL.
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PEOPLE WALKING. FEET GOING UPSTAIRS, WALKING ON STREET. IN REVOLVING DOOR. MAN IN BUILDING LOBBY.
WALKING DOWN STAIRS
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MAN IN HAT WITH CIGAR. LOOKING OVER PAPERWORK.
WITH EMPLOYEE.
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SECRETARY TYPING, TELEPHONE RINGS, ANSWERS THE TELEPHONE, PROUD BOYFRIEND CALLS GIRLFRIEND AT WORK. BREAKS A DATE WITH HER.
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SECRETARY CONNECTS CALL TO BOSS, BOSS ON PHONE
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SECRETARY BRINGS BOSS PAPERS TO SIGN, TALKS ABOUT SALESMAN BOYFRIEND
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SALESMAN ENTERS OFFICE, OPENS LETTER ON HIS DESK READS ONE LINE "ONE PERSONAL CALL IS WORTH A DOZEN PHONE CALLS" CRYPTIC MESSAGE. INSULTED. CO-WORKERS TALK IN THE OFFICE. THINKS GIRLFRIEND WROTE LETTER
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WAITER TAKING ORDER. CUSTOMER LIGHTS CIGARETTE PUTS COINS IN JUKEBOX. COUPLE TALKING IN BOOTH AT DINER. ANGRY MAN, THINKS GIRL WROTE NOTE TO HIM, ANGRY WOMAN STORMS OUT, MAN THROWS MONEY ON TABLE & RUNS OUT
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WAITER BRINGS OUT DINNERS, TABLE EMPTY, LOOKS AT HAMBURGERS, SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS
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MAN ON PUBLIC PAY-PHONE TRYING TO MAKE UP WITH GIRL "MEG, I CAN EXPLAIN EVERYTHING" COUPLE TALKS ON THE TELEPHONE
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BUSINESSMAN IN OFFICE CHAIR HANDS BEHIND HIS HEAD. HANDED LETTER. OPENS LETTER, READS LETTER OUT LOUD
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BOYFRIEND SHOWING GIRLFRIEND LETTER, BOSS LISTENING AT DOOR. LAUGHS, HE'S THE ONE SENDING HIM SELLING HINTS, SELLING POINTS. GIRLFRIEND TYPES ON HER TYPEWRITER, COMPARES FONTS, COMPARES LETTERS, HIS LETTER COMES FROM HER TYPEWRITER.
BOSS LISTENING AT DOOR. EAVESDROPPING
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BOSS COMES OUT, MAKES SALESMAN WAIT.
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SALESMAN WAITING IN RECEPTION AREA, LOOKS AT WRIST WATCH, THROWS HANDS UP FRUSTRATED, SHAKES HEAD. WAITING A LONG TIME.
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SECRETARY FEELS BAD, SHRUGS SHOULDERS, SHAKES HEAD, SHE CALL BOSS REMINDS HIM SALESMAN IS STILL WAITING
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BOSS COMES OUT, APOLOGIZES, ANGRY SALESMAN LEAVES
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BUSINESSMAN AT HIS DESK LOOKING AT MAGAZINE "INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION". IN WAITING ROOM READING, FINGER ON FACE SHAKING HEAD AS IF UNDERSTANDING. IN OFFICE READING "DOMESTIC ENGINEERING"
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SALESMAN IN MEETING WITH CUSTOMER. TRYING TO SELL HIM ELECTRIC WELD. SALES SPIEL.
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SALESMAN GIVING HIS SPIELS TO POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
KNOWS THEIR BUSINESS, TOOK TIME TO STUDY UP
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SALES TIPS FLASH ON SCREEN
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BUSINESSMAN POSTING NOTICES ON BULLETIN BOARD.
CO-WORKERS TALKING
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SECRETARY CALLS BOSS ON PHONE, TALKS TO BOYFRIEND SALESMAN. HER INTERCOM PHONE RINGS, SHE SENDS SALESMAN IN. WOMAN LISTENING AT DOOR.
EAVESDROPPING.
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SALESMAN IN OFFICE OF POTENTIAL CUSTOMER. SALES TIPS APPEAR ON SCREEN
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SECRETARY LISTENING AT BOSS' DOOR EAVESDROPPING WHEN ANOTHER SALESMAN ENTERS, SHE SHRUGS HIM OFF. SECRETARY EXCITED FOR HER BOYFRIEND, CLASPS HER HANDS. THEN TALKS TO SALESMAN, THEN SALESMAN LEAVES
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MEN FINISHING UP BUSINESS MEETING, MAN CLOSES BRIEF CASE.
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SALESMAN AND SECRETARY BRAB HANDS HAPPY HE MADE THE SALE, MAN & WOMAN KISS. BOSS IN OFFICE HEARS CONVERSATION, SMILES KNOWINGLY. OPENS HIS OFFICE DOOR, SEES HAPPY COUPLE, VISUALIZES HIMSELF AS A YOUNG MAN DOING THE SAME THING. SHUTS OFFICE DOOR, PULLS OUT ALL THE NOTES HE SENT THE SALESMAN. MAN LOOKS AT PICTURE OF WIFE. TALKS TO PICTURE OF HIS WIFE
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