Quick Fingers

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

613

Date Released

2 Mar 1933

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

NoS Summary - Slow motion footage of a speed typist.
British Pathe synopsis: Intertitles - "Have you ever watched a champion typist at work on the keyboard?" "Not only is his speed on the keyboard amazing, but changing the paper is a matter of a split second." "His wrists hardly move - it is pure finger work (Three inches separate the lines.)"
Images - C/U of a still image of a man’s hands poised above a typewriter. Diagrams are superimposed over the photograph to show how his hand only moves three inches when he is typing. The still image begins to move in slow motion as he types. We see the typist make a carriage return in slow motion, and change his paper. Rest of shots are missing.

Keywords

Business and commerce; Photography; Employment

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.256
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP256
National Film Archive Catalogue

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