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Front Line, The

1965/14 min 57 sec/54 shots

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An instructional film follows supermarket checkers as they serve customers at the checkout, emphasizing accuracy, courtesy, and responsibility. It explains how small ringing errors affect a store’s narrow profit margin, urges checking carts for overlooked items, and demonstrates efficient bagging—selecting suitable bags and packing heavy items before light ones. The checker is presented as retail’s frontline representative.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: Niles (Fred) Communications Centers, Inc.
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Front Line, The
Date: 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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