The story of printing : the letterpress

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Date
1956
Summary
The Finder shows us how basic printing is in our lives by bringing before the camera a variety of things which are printed—stamps, billboards, toys, milk bottles, tin cans and plastic curtains.  He goes on to investigate letterpress, the oldest printing method invented by Gutenberg 500 years ago.  It is still one of the widely used printing methods.
Contributors
KETC, St. Louis; Steve Bloomer; Dick Hartzell; Katherine White; Valerie Haynes; Don Salper; L.J. Gallagher; Helen Hagen
Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Genre
Educational
Subject
Printing ; Printing presses.
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Physical Description
2 Films (1:06:00); 16mm}
Other Identifier
IULMIA Film Database: 30000136661026

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