historic newsreels of bookbinding

[Henrietta Clews <henriettacl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On March 4, Allen Bradley sent websites for two historic newsreels on  
commercial bookbinding - they were both fascinating and informative  
(and I will glide over the reference in 1947 to working women as  
"girls" but the men were men - ah those were the days)

Both videos show some manufacturing processes I was unaware of.  Plus  
some close personal contact with moving machine parts that would not  
be OSHA approved of today, and lots of workers who I am sure are not  
present in today's assembly lines.

The 1961 video also shows the process of a restoring an old book by  
hand - except I think the re-sewing of the sections is mechanical?

Anyway, have fun visiting a process which has already become out-dated.

Retta in Maine

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From:    "Bradley, Allen" <Allen.Bradley@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: bookmaking commercially

A good video of commercial book making (in 1947) can be found at:

http://www.archive.org/details/MakingBo1947

And one for 1961 at:

http://www.archive.org/details/Bookbind1961



                                   
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