Wednesday 17 September 2008

Films of old letterpress and bookbinding factory processes

Some fascinating archived films on the old letterpress and bookbinding factory processes:

Making Books (1947) click on image to go to footage page


Book Binders (1961)

1 comment:

naomi said...

aw! i totally love these videos! i always wondered how they made those funky patterns on old books, as if they just dip em in some ink...makes sense i guess! if i were rich id like to run a letterpress factory. i want to know how they invented all the machines and to the right sizes so they did exactly what they needed to do