- Title: F-A3607
- Summary: NEWSPAPER SERVES ITS COMMUNITY: TRACES NEWS STORY & ADVERTISEMENT FROM THEIR BEGINNINGS TO THEIR PUBLICATIONS IN PAPER. STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS OF NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING INCLUDING WRITING, EDITING, TYPESETTING, PROOFING, PRINTING & DELIVERY OF NEWSPAPER.
- Description:01:31:15 - NEWSPAPERS COMING OFF THE PRESS. WORKER PICKS UP NEWSPAPER AND LOOKS AT IT. LOS ANGELES TIMES HEADLINE "ELEPHANT ARRIVES TODAY". 01:31:38 - NEWSROOM: REPORTS AT TYPEWRITERS. 01:31:54 - REPORTER ON PHONE WRITING ON PAD. HANGS UP. CALLS OVER OTHER REPORTER. 01:32:14 - BOSS AT DESK HANDS PIECE OF PAPER TO OTHER MAN. 01:32:19 - PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES CAMERA OFF SHELF. 01:32:23 - REPORTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER AT AIRPORT ON RUNWAY. REPORTER INTERVIEWS MAN. BABY ELEPHANT TAKEN OFF PLANE. 01:32:42 - CU PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PICTURES WITH OLD-FASHIONED CAMERA. FLASH BULB. 01:32:56 - MEN PETTING BABY ELEPHANT. 01:33:12 - PICTURE OF BABY ELEPHANT BEING DEVELOPED. 01:33:24 - MAN GOING THROUGH FILING CABINET. PHOTOGRAPH OF ELEPHANT. 01:33:35 - UNITED PRESS TELETYPE MACHINE. CU WORDS BEING TYPED. 01:33:55 - PHOTOGRAPH OF BABY ELEPHANT AND MOTHER ELEPHANT. 01:34:01 - COPY BOY HANDS PAPER TO REPORTER. 01:34:08 - REPORTER TYPING STORY. OTHER REPORTERS TYPING. NEWSROOM. 01:34:50 - SECRETARY OPENS ENVELOPE. PULLS OUT COMIC STRIP. STRIP AND PLATE. 01:35:03 - ARTIST SITTING IN FRONT OF DRAWING OF CLOTHES DRYER. ADVERTISING. DRAWS SMILING FACE SUN INSIDE OF DRYER. 01:35:36 - NEWSROOM. CU CLOCK AT 5:39. 01:35:54 - CU HANDS TYPING. MAN PULLS PAPER OUT OF TYPEWRITER. 01:36:05 - PHOTOGRAPH AND STORY ARE GIVEN TO EDITOR. 01:36:13 - EDITOR MAKES NOTE ON STORY. 01:36:19 - MAKE UP EDITOR. BALDING MAN WITH GLASSES. 01:36:23 - CU FILLING OUT FORM FOR NEWSPAPER PAGE LAYOUT. 01:36:44 - COPY READER. PROOF READS STORY. WRITES HEADLINE. 01:37:04 - MAN PUTS PAPERS INTO PNEUMATIC TUBE. COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM. FOLLOW TUBES. 01:37:20 - TUBE COMES OUT AT OTHER END AND IS PICKED UP BY MAN. MAN OPENS TUBE AND TAKES OUT PAPERS. 01:37:34 - LINEOTYPE MACHINE. AS MAN TYPES SENTENCE MACHINE SETS IT IN TYPE. LINES OF TYPE SLIDING INTO PLACE. 01:37:56 - STORY IS PRINTED ON SMALL PIECES OF PAPER. 01:38:11 - MAN HANDS PAPERS TO OTHER MAN SEATED AT DRAWING TABLE. PROOFREADS STORY. 01:38:30 - MAN SETS TYPE FOR PAGE LAYOUT. PRINTER. MAKE-UP MAN. 01:39:08 - MAT IS PUT THROUGH ROLLER TO PRODUCE COPY OF TYPE. 01:39:44 - MAT IS PUT IN MACHINE WHERE IT IS HARDENED BAKED. 01:40:08 - MAT HAS LIQUID MOLTEN METAL POURED ON IT TO FORM PRINTING PLATE. 01:40:36 - FORK LIFTS MOVE HUGE ROLLS OF PAPER IN WAREHOUSE. 01:40:52 - HUGE ROLLS OF PAPER PUT IN PRINTING PLACES. MAN POURING INK. PLATE PUT INTO GIANT PRINTING PRESS. 01:41:26 - PRESS ROLLS. NEWSPAPER BEING PRINTED. NEWSPAPER PRESSES. 01:42:03 - FINISHED NEWSPAPERS COMING OUT OF PRESS. 01:42:13 - NEWSPAPER PRESS MOVING AT FULL SPEED. 01:42:51 - NEWSPAPERS BUNDLED. HUGE SCARY LOOKING MACHINE GRABS PAPERS AND TIES STRING AROUND THEM. 01:43:06 - NEWSPAPERS MOVE ON CONVEYER BELT AND SLIDES DOWN METAL CHUTE SLIDE. 01:43:12 - MAN RIDES ON DELIVERY TRUCK. THROWS BUNDLE OF NEWSPAPERS TO MAN VENDOR SELLER ON SIDEWALK. DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS. 01:43:22 - PAPER BOY ON BICYCLE BIKE THROWS PAPER WHICH LITTLE GIRL CATCHES. THROWS ANOTHER PAPER WHICH LANDS ON LAWN. 01:43:31 - MAN IN BARBER CHAIR READS NEWSPAPER. GETTING HAIRCUT. 01:43:40 - MAN IN BACK OF CONVERTIBLE CAR READS NEWSPAPER. POINTS AT PICTURES OF BASEBALL PLAYERS. SPORTS PAGE. MAN MAKES MOTION LIKE SWINGING A BAT. 01:43:48 - WOMAN SHOWS AD TO SALESMAN. SALESMAN SHOWS DRYER TO WOMAN. 01:44:00 - FAMILY LOOKS AT NEWSPAPER IN FRONT OF HOUSE. 01:44:10 - MAN GIVES PILE OF NEWSPAPERS TO MAN IN NEWSROOM OFFICE. MAN WALKS AWAY WITH AT PAPER.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1959
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A3607