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Basic Typing, Part I: Methods (Part II)

1944/14 min 2 sec/62 shots

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This 1944 instructional film demonstrates basic typing techniques, including proper key and space-bar strokes, shifting, backspacing, tabulation, carriage returns, paper insertion and alignment, and the operational differences between manual and electric typewriters.

Provenance and rights

Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Basic Typing, Part I: Methods (Part II)
Date: 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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