Yesterday’s Industry
Friend of Printeresting KVH added a link in the comments section of Back to School that justifies its own post. It’s a creative commons printing video from 1947 that is available through the Prelinger Archives. It’s an impressive ten minutes and forty-one seconds of history.
Looking back at this printing occupational film puts the industry’s current condition into perspective. The narrator ends by saying, “perhaps you will find a place for your tastes and talents in printing, a vocation offering splendid possibilities for your life’s work.” It sounds pretty naive from today’s vantage point. It’s amazing to see what a powerful force the industry once was and the degree to which it’s been diminished.
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Bad news is, if more and more newspapers are closing shop, print industry follows. Add that to estimated job loss and wince.