Newspaper’s Century

Series

Series Name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

27

Date Released

Aug 1956

Length of issue (in feet)

2358

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Newspaper’s Century
2. 2Transformation
3. 3Whitsun Walks
4. 4Machynys Cook(e)s
5. 5Taxi

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

NoS synopsis: John Snagge reports on the production of the 100th edition of the company’s newspaper "Ingot News" in 1956. The piece beings with photographs being taken at the RTB ambulance competition at Ebbw Vale. This is to be a story for the newspaper. The Assistant Editor writes up the story, for which a space has been left on the third page. The editorial office is seen, and there are scenes in the print shop at Argus Press, and the process of printing. We see, severally, linotyping, hand printing, typesetting and proofing, as the paper is created. The Ingot News normally runs to six pages, 15,000 copies of which are sold at 1d each.
The story ends with a selection of front pages from the past 10 years of Ingot News, and finally, the 100th edition, containing the report which began the story.

Researcher Comments

Derrick A. Gladwell acted as Production Adviser for this issue.

Keywords

Communications; Industry and manufacture; Newspapers

Written sources

Viewing Copy - bfi
British Film Institute Databases
National Film Archive Catalogue
Film User   Vol.10 No.120 October 1956, p460.

Credits:

Support services

Derrick A. Gladwell

Director

Geoff Busby

Presenter

John Snagge

Sponsor

Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group

Editor

Stan Hill

Production Co.

Verity Films Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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