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When Black Is Read (1919)

1919 · Silent film · 7 min

Synopsis

A Ford Motor Company film on how The Detroit News is made: copy from the editorial room is set on Linotype machines, pressed into matrixes and cast into plates, then printed at 432,000 papers an hour, folded, bundled and trucked to the newsboys waiting for the baseball edition.

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Details

Running time
7 minutes
Language
English

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