Printing presses and engineering: one of our own kind | Peter Baylis | ACMI collection

Documentary on printing in Yorkshire, Town of Otley, iron casting and printing press made in the 1880s and mass produced in Leeds for distribution overseas. Printing from paper to bottle caps and uptodate methods. Narrated by Anthony Quayle.

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Collection

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Credits

co-director

John Edwards

Peter Baylis

producer

Leslie Sansom

production company

Vickers Films

Duration

00:20:25:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

007895

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Printing industry

Crafts & Visual Arts → Printing - History

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

History → Printing - History

Literature → Printing - History

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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