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Film, Video Selling America

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About this Item

Title

  • Selling America

Summary

  • "Presents dramatically the techniques of selling, based on Benjamin Franklin's principles of human association. Shows the merits of each of the principles in an actual selling situation"--Educational film/video locator, third edition, vol. 2, 1986, p. 2549.

Names

  • Jam Handy Organization
  • General Motors Sales Corporation. Frigidaire Division

Created / Published

  • United States : General Motors Sales Corporation, Frigidaire Division, 1938.

Headings

  • -  Selling
  • -  Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790

Genre

  • Sponsored films
  • Instructional films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Date from Jam Handy Organization production log.
  • -  There are multiple versions of this film. Prelinger Collection inventory indicates that the Frigidaire version is the original version.
  • -  Summary is probably for a later version of the film.
  • -  Sources used: Jam Handy Organization production log, 1936-1968, accessed via Internet Archive WWW site, June 25, 2020; MBRS Prelinger Collection inventory.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (ca. 24 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Prelinger Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020604401

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Jam Handy Organization, and General Motors Sales Corporation. Frigidaire Division. Selling America. United States: General Motors Sales Corporation, Frigidaire Division, 1938. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020604401/.

APA citation style:

Jam Handy Organization & General Motors Sales Corporation. Frigidaire Division. (1938) Selling America. United States: General Motors Sales Corporation, Frigidaire Division. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020604401/.

MLA citation style:

Jam Handy Organization, and General Motors Sales Corporation. Frigidaire Division. Selling America. United States: General Motors Sales Corporation, Frigidaire Division, 1938. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020604401/>.