The Salesman: A Film Lesson in Vocational Guidance (circa 1928, silent)

Description: Jim, a hardware and appliances storeowner, learns how to become an effective salesperson and is able to grow his modest store into a successful department store. Educational film about the value of good salesmanship in business.

From Title card: "A Film Lesson in Vocational Guidance"

Possibly shot in Oakland, California.

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Subjects: 1920s,Commerce,Business,Vocations

Tags: vacuum cleaner and home appliance salesclerk in shop; traveling salesmen; large department store staffed by female sales staff behind wooden counters; graph of hierarchy of sales staff positions; stock room containing wooden shelves; "A Film Lesson in Vocational Guidance"; child selling newspapers; washing machines; selling newspapers on the street; customers; the end title

Film Sponsor:

Creator: "Neighborhood Motion Picture Service, Inc."

Credits:

Distributor: Neighborhood Motion Picture Service, Inc.

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: circa 1928

Geographical Location: USA

Genre/Form: educational, fiction, short, silent

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: release print, reduction print

Color: b&w

Color Process: tinted

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle circle circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 357