Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu
29 mins
The last day of hot metal typesetting at The New York Times. This film shows the entire newspaper production process from hot-metal typesetting to creating stereo moulds to high-speed press operation.
Carl Schlesinger
Narrator
David Loeb Weiss
Director
Carl Schlesinger
Technical Advisor
David Loeb Weiss
Writer
Richard W. Adams
Additional Camera
David Loeb Weiss
Editor
Philip F. Messina
Camera Operator
Bill Scrobut
Production Assistant
Anthony Gonzalez
Assistant Camera
Paul Shoul
Production Assistant
Robert Eggleston
Gaffer
Sandra Kossoff
Production Assistant
Deborah S. Freedman
Sound