Synopsis
Documents the activities of newspaper staff members during a 24-hour period. Shows how news is gathered and how it is written, edited, and printed. Collaborator, Louis Starr.
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Details
- Running time
- 26 minutes
- Collection
- Educational Films, Ephemeral Films
- Internet Archive item
- NewspaperStory2ndEd
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Occupations
- Journalism
- Newspapers
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · News. And It's in Print! · Dodsworth the Cat · 2025-11-24
Hand-held camera-work is employed in this short that follows a front-page story in the Los Angeles Times, as well as some feature reporting. Each employee involved explains what's happening in a voice-over, although there is some natural sound, including part of a news conference with mayor Sam Yorty . Check the early computer technology which is about to make linotype machines obsolete. And how slow the fax-type machine sends copy back to the office. Having spent about 30 years in press boxes, I feel for those reporters hoping a game doesn't run late, meaning they miss their deadlines. I'm…
