Business Method Aka Executives Method School (1960)

Various M/Ss of crowds of commuters walking across a bridge in London; most men are in suits, the women in summer clothes; the commentator talks of the British, national characteristics, and how “certainly no-one has ever said we’re exactly dynamic!“. M/S of a man, George Martin, sitting at a desk with two cream telephones on it and a bowler hat to his left; he puts down his pen. Natural sound as he talks to camera about the reputation that the English have for being inhibited and reserved, and perhaps it is because we have a cold climate, live on an island, and have a tradition of white collars and bowler hats. M/S of a group of men and women sitting on chairs before a man who is chattering away; commentator says “This is part of the curriculum at England’s first ’Method’ school - not for actors but business executives, a studio in Knightsbridge, London , where they can learn to relax, to stop being shy and how to influence people“. The school is the Method International Training Centre. Natural