The Chain gang

Australia, 1962

Film
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Training film for bank tellers, aiming to foster customer loyalty by making the customer feel welcome, important and at ease. The chain of branches is 500 strong and each individual bank throughout Australia is important as a link in the chain. Personal attention is shown to be vital in the formation of the customer’s image of the bank.

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Credits

director

A Zegenhagen

production company

English, Scottish and Australian Bank Film Unit

Duration

00:07:03:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1962

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

312230

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Banks and banking

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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