This study filmed a transcription typist and analyzed the finger movements in the resulting motion picture to study how skilled motor movements are programmed and controlled. Findings indicated that a typist's finger movements usually overlapped in time, and the starting times of these movements were highly variable, even when comparing identical sentences. Movements toward keys were often initiated out of the order in which the letters were eventually typed. These results conflict with current models of rapid, well-learned motor movements and suggest instead a multi-level control of movement utilizing feedback or prediction. (LRA)