" TRANSCRIBING " 1966 SECRETARY / OFFICE TRAINING FILM IBM SELECTRIC TYPEWRITER XD72114b

[@james-p]

There was an older lady in my office who knew shorthand - it looked like magic to me! She could type like this, too. Very skillful.

[@backpack606]

As a secretary, I love watching these and seeing how they used to do it back in the day, what aspects are still quite similar, etc. I doubt they ever told their bosses to eff off like I do to my fee earner 😂 Ooh just noticed the letters are dated my birthday 🎉

[@flobrez2470]

Secretaries had to do it this way for years until the mid-80s when wordprocessing was introduced.

[@mofftiaanjerjerrod8631]

Interestingly, this film's script is similar to that of a 1950s one on transcribing. I wonder why.

[@Ctrl-XYZ]

The typewriters here are IBM Executives, not the more expensive Selectric. Selectrics used a type ball and were carriageless.

[@jasonacg]

And the sound of the Selectric is unmistakable.

[@andrewsmactips]

I think I'm in love with Sally.

[@J_Calvin_Hobbes]

👍

[@microdot4374]

At 10:20 is that a laptop in the background???....Time travel???...🛸🛸💻.......✍🏼

[@danilvinyukov2060]

Are you talking about the object to the left of Sally's head? If so then thats a double stacked tray with the bottom feed ramp extended.

[@Jeffery_Saulter]

I didn’t know there was trans people in the olden days 🏳️‍⚧️

[@kristof9177]

what?

[@Resto-Scraps]

I'm sure there were trans people before the dawn of time. Which is fine it's just that's the way it is people are wired that way from birth it's not a phase for something fun.