Since we are entering the Labor Day weekend, this seems like a good time to share a blast from the past that comes us all the way from 1947.

In The Secretary’s Day, viewers are told and shown what it takes to be a secretary.  Do you know how to take dictation?  Do you know how to carefully open up letters?  Do you know how to be courteous to random people who wander into the office?  More importantly, do you know how to make sure that Marge the Stenographer never gets into her head to try to seal your job away from you?

I watched this short film with a bit more interest than usual because I actually have worked as an administrative assistant in the past.  Watching the film’s lead character obsess over her desk calendar brought back some memories but I think that just has more to do with the fact that I’m obsessed with calendars than anything else.  To me, the main message of this film seemed to be, “A secretary’s day is pretty dull but at least she can bully the stenographer.”

Anyway, here’s a trip back to 1947!  The war is over, the Great Depression was now a memory, and Americans, flush with victory, were looking for jobs!  Check out The Secretary’s Day!