Silent
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- Date
- 1925
- Length
- 58:30
- Description
This silent film starts with a brief overview of the Monotype Works buildings as well as the company homes for workers. See hundreds of Monotypes being built in the factory from raw materials to the casting machine and keyboards.
At 33:25, His Majesty the King, Duke of York (whom “The King’s Speech” was based on) visits the Monotype factory. He inspects the workers and factory and then learns how to type on a Monotype keyboard.
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- Date
- 1940s
- Length
- 11:30
- Description
This silent, black & white training film was created for The Lakeside Press in Chicago, Illinois. Using title cards, the film shows the step-by-step method of properly assembling hand type in a composing stick, kerning, display line composition, initials, cutting leads and slugs, spacing, and proofing.
This is a great film for learning the basics of hand composition for letterpress printing.
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- Date
- 1940s
- Length
- 21:30
- Description
This silent, black & white film was made as an in-house film for the New York Telephone Company and shows the process of updating the Manhattan telephone directory daily and then incorporating them into the massive yearly book.
It describes how a Linotype works, shows proofreading, lockup, printing, binding, paper cutting, stereotyping, and gluing. There are also some pretty goofy title cards and a crazy final scene with a guy smoking in a mirror for no apparent reason.