A great collection of classic sales training films. Very funny stuff. Profesionally done and
full chapter stops. Color and B&W, Dvd.
Out of This World (1954, Color, 22:29
Hired! (1940, 18:12)
Face in the Mirror (24:00)
Things People Want, The (1948, 19:36)
Man to Man (1947, 23:22)
Trader Thorne (ca. 1956, 22:23)
Selling America (1938, 21:29)
Selling as a Career (1953, Color, 10:33)
Another Cup Of Coffee (1948, 13:26)
Pursuit Of Profit (1965, Color, 23:00)
Out of This World (1954, Color, 22:29 minutes) This film would have us believe that both heaven and hell are extremely interested in the
fortunes of bread truck drivers. A driver with a poor sales record recently repented and changed
his evil ways, so the Devil of Bread Sales makes a bet with the Angel of Bread Sales that he
will go back to his old habits if a pretty woman makes fun of him. So the angel poses as a
magazine writer and goes with the bread man on his route, where she is taunted by the devil in
various guises (cab driver, cop, etc.). She makes a token effort to make light of the bread
man's sales efforts, only to have him come back with the full-blown Gospel of Bread, to her
delight and to the devil's chagrin. The whole concept of this film is really weird, and thus
it is really fun to watch.
Hired! (1940, 18:12 minutes) It's a strange short (shown on MST3K), one on how to inspire Car lot managers to get more
sales out of salesman. Film features a bright new salesman (although his age looks like he's
pushing 40). he's got all the qualifications, but he's not selling.. Why? The car lot manager
frets about this until he has one of the more amazing conversations ever put to film with his
dad. They're swatting mosquitos, drinking iced tea and putting handkerchiefs on their head and
talking about what made the car lot manager successful when he was starting out as a saleperson.
From there, it gets REALLY weird with the editing, conversations are jump cut out, interesting
fade outs, and stuff like that. The film ends startingly with the car sales manager talking
right to us and ends with a rather uncomfortable zoom in on his face as he says the final line
of the film. A total classic. Highly reccomended!
Face in the Mirror (24:00 minutes) A charming sales training film where a salesman on his day off gets sent by his wife on a
shopping spree in one of those downtown areas that don’t exist anymore. There he deals with
salesmen from terrible to excellent in all the different stores he goes into. And this was in
the days before self-service in retail, so he has to deal with salesmen in all of them. After
buying a bunch of stuff, he drops in on his boss (why, I don’t know, since it’s his day off––
must be a workaholic) who encourages him to use the experiences he had with salesmen that day
to help him sell better himself.
International Moves the Browns to Sterling Street (1941, Color, 19:48 minutes) Motivational film for International Silver salespeople describing how installment buying
has made silver tableware available to a broad range of consumers. Badly edited, laughable cue
cards. and just amazing cheapness. A must see.
Things People Want, The (1948, 19:36 minutes) Distinctive sales training film on the hierarchy of human needs, starring a young John
Forsythe.
Man to Man (1947, 23:22 minutes) A film with some good old-fashioned info on how to be a better salesman, made funny by the
fact that 1) it's set in the 50s dreamworld and 2) it's about guns.
Trader Thorne (1956, 22:23 minutes) Trader Thorne is THE quissential car-training film. A lot of fun.
Selling America (1938, 21:29 minutes) Pretty wild dramatization of a modern salesperson getting advice from Ben Franklin! But
before we get to that, In the beginning. Ben Franklin gets his when he wins an arguement with a
neighbor in a terribly overacted segment which, for some odd reason, put me in the mind of Jon
Lovitz. After this brown beating, Franklin then reforms somewhat, making 5 points to selling,
based on his arguement. THEN we cut to Mr Salesman-Of-The-Day reading BF's autobiography, and
wondering how this applies to him. THEN Ben Franklin magically appear, and the two have a
conversation about modern selling. (please see "Another Cup Of Coffee" for more schitzophrenic
Salemen). The elder Franklin, who's this short of having his bad skull cap wig falling off,
explains that his principles of selling can easily be applied today, and gives us some modern
examples, with Ben (complete in Colonial outfits!) leading the sale! Pretty wild concept.
Selling as a Career (1953, Color, 10:33 minutes) Although it's not really going to put the "Your Life's Work!" people out of business, this
nice overview of what you can expect if you choose a career in selling does have it's moments.
We see the typical day of a Mr Art Williams, veteran shoe salesperson, We watch him as he
visits three customers, all which present it's own problems (especially when the store is
selling hunting rifles and bowling balls side by side. Nice color, full of odd images that I
havent seen in these films (Vacuum sales people, a guy stretching out with a shoe in his hands)
and if you look closely, you'll see a clip from the classic 'You and Your Work'. Reccomended!
Another Cup Of Coffee (1948, 13:26 minutes) Seeks to create in minds of Prudential salesmen a favorable attitude toward prospective
insurance buyers. Points out variety of prospect sources & presents five fundamental points of
prospecting.
Pursuit Of Profit (1965, Color, 23:00 minutes) Pursuit Of Profit is one of those films that's best after a couple of margaritas on the
porch, as this is just one TRULY bizarre film. You can file this under the "magical characters
that appear from nowhere" sales film (see Another Cup Of Coffee for another great example).
Arthur, retail sales clerk, is nagged constantly by a guy with an uncanny resemblance to Lurch
from the Addamms Family. Anyways, Lurch instantly promotes Arthur as a shop manager to show him
how to promote better sales! Have product tie ins! Attractive displays! (All of this is shown
with GREAT glimpses of 1960's grocery store footage). Soon, Arthur tries giving a pep talk to
his employees, but all he does is scowl at them (which is a funny scenery chewing scene), when
Lurch shows Arthur who he's talking to, Arthur finds out he's been talking to salepeople that
look like Arthur! Soon after Arthur the Manager sits down with Arthur the employee because the
Manager thinks this is the better way to get things done. Highly oddball, and is reccomended!
10 Vintage Sales Training Films - 2 Dvd's - Each film is 10 to 24 minutes long.
2 Dvd's ......$39.95
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Out of This World (1954, Color, 22:29