IBM Selectric Typewriters, 1960s
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| (ding) | 0:01 | |
| (typing sounds) | ||
| Narrator | Here's a better way to put words on paper, | 0:04 |
| a remarkable electric typewriter, the IBM Selectric. | 0:07 | |
| This is what makes it different, | 0:13 | |
| an ingenious printing element | 0:15 | |
| that works faster than the eye can see, | 0:17 | |
| watch it in action. | 0:20 | |
| (typing sounds) | 0:21 | |
| Now in slow motion, as it turns, tilts, prints. | 0:26 | |
| (typing sounds) | 0:31 | |
| The IBM Selectric is versatile too. | 0:34 | |
| From many different snap on, snap off elements, | 0:40 | |
| you can select the best type style for the job | 0:44 | |
| and be ready to type again in seconds. | 0:48 | |
| The IBM Selectric, a typewriter so different, | 0:53 | |
| only the alphabet remains the same. | 0:57 |
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