“HOW PAPER GETS THE WORD“ 1960s KODAK PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER PRODUCTS FOR PRINTING PROMO FILM XD82735

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This 1966 Kodak Film “How Paper Gets the Word“ looks at how photographic paper is produced and what its applications are in the graphic arts. It shows the use of photographic paper in phototypesetting in a typographer’s shop, a newspaper and a book publisher. The film begins by showing the whole production and quality control process at the vast “Kodak Park” facilities in Rochester, New York. This is followed by different applications, particularly in modern typesetting and photo composing for newspapers and book publishing. The film shows this process in great detail, with a particular focus on how this works with different typesetting machines such as the Fotosetter and the American Type Founders Typesetter. 0:08 different scenes of people using paper items, 0:36 Kodak presents “How Paper Gets the Word – Photographic Paper in the Graphic Arts”, 1:02 paper pulp being mixed, 1:25 photographs being developed, 2:01 an aerial map being printed, 2:22 boxes of Kodak Photographic Papers, 3:00 operators working on “Fotosetter” machines. The Intertype Fotosetter was one of the most popular “first-generation“ mass-market phototypesetting machines. The Fotosetter system is heavily based on hot metal typesetting technology, with the metal casting machinery replaced with photographic film, a light system and glass pictures of characters. 3:48 paper being processed in a picture processor, 4:13 pictures being cut out and placed in the right position, 4:32 employees using a phototronic system made by the Harris Intertype Corporation, which normally manufactured hot metal linecasters 4:57 glass type disks spinning, 5:21 the system printing, 5:39 aerial overview of Kodak Park, 5:54 cellulose pulp being tested in a lab to create a sample sheet of paper, 6:48 a batch of paper moving into production, 7:01 a “hydropulper” tank mixing sheets with water, 7:29 the master control room, 7:36 overview of a large sheet of paper being produced in the factory, 8:28 an employee taking a sample of a paper roll, 8:40 different tests being conducted on the paper, 9:21 the paper being coated, 9:54 paper sheet going through a drier, 10:17 the paper being pressed and rolled up, 10:49 gelatin being mixed with water to create photographic emulsion, 11:27 paper being emulsion coated, 12:24 a sample from the paper being tested, 13:16 measurement of the amount of swell of the paper, 13:52 finished paper being cut into sheets and packaged, 14:15 the printing plant of the Philadelphia Inquirer, 14:30 men using “Linofilm” method to set advertisements in the newspaper, 15:42 the output of the process, 15:55 a man using a Photon Photo Typesetting machine, 16:38 an American Type Founders Typesetter in operation, 17:12 the magazine being removed for development, 17:23 the images being developed, 17:37 the Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company building in Rochester, New York, 17:41 a large number of stereo lead plates of older books, 18:17 paper negatives of the stereo lead plates being created, 18:48 a Kodak Continuous Paper Processor in operation, 19:18 papers being taped into position to create the offset printing plate, 19:49 the pictures being developed, 20:22 the plate is fed into a lithographic press and prints the book, 20:53 summary footage of what has been seen so far, 22:05 list of thanks, 22:19 “A Kodak Informational Film” We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
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