“ WORD PROCESSING: THE PIVOT POINT “ 1975 NEW CONCEPT IN OFFICE MANAGEMENT COMPUTERS XD13684

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This color educational film from the dawn of the PC era, is about what “word processing“ is, and a look at how it will revolutionize the office, and fundamentally change the work environment. This film has a copyright of 1975. Interestingly, the film shows very little computer or word processing equipment, and devotes most of the screen time to interviews where office workers endorse word processing and explain why -- it works for them. Opening titles: “Word Processing: The Pivot Point“ produced by Information Management Corporation (IMC). A man collects letters that make up the main title (:06-:47). Word processing flashes across the screen. A man, who is our host, talks about word processing and how management is pivotal. Image of word processing on a computer screen. Procedures-equipment-people diagram. Women at work during word processing. A manager talks to the viewer about word processing, he picks up a phone. A woman manager talks to the viewer about word processing (:48-3:12). The host continues to speak about management and word processing. P.A. Berna, a supervisor at the Wisconsin Telephone Company, speaks about word processing. Joan E. Piepho, from the First National Bank of Chicago speaks about word processing from her storage room. The host speaks. Administrative Services Processing Specialist-Administrative Support Secretaries diagram. Women at work at their desks. A manager speaks to her secretary. The host speaks as an office is shown from an aerial view. Gilbert J. Konkel, from an International Accounting Firm speaks about word processing (3:13-6:48). Raymond J. McCall, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology at Marquette University speaks on how word processing is changing business needs. The host continues to sort out questions. A secretary from the Wisconsin Telephone Company shares her views on secretaries. Mary M. Ruprecht, a word processing & management consultant, speaks. The host talks about how word processing is a good thing (6:49-9:27). Advantages to word processing for managers: 1) good secretarial support, 2) specialized support skills, 3) ability to get work out faster and better, 4) high quality of work/clean attractive documents, 5) errorless service, 6) more time to advance interests and career. Raymond J. McCall, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology at Marquette University speaks again on how word processing is changing business needs and what the benefits are. A female manager speaks about how word processing is (9:28-11:16). No end credits. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit