Media item

Because of the increasing automation the newspaper compositors trade is starting to disappear

Week number: 77-14

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
03:09
Publication date:
1 January 1977
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
BG_10455

The advancing automation in the newspaper business, where lead is being replaced by electronics, causes farreaching changes for the technical field as well as the graphical staff. The old trade is ousted more and more by the computer. SHOTS: impression of the automation, where the old situation and the new situation are shown, with a.o. focus on the new electronic composing, layout printing techniques.