News in the Making

From the collection of

Wessex Film and Sound Archive
Wessex Film and Sound Archive is based in Winchester. Providing the opportunity to see and hear history, the archive contains nearly 40,000 film, video and sound recordings relating to Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, ranging from late Victorian times to the present day. It includes both amateur and professional material, local newsreels, military and maritime subjects, as well as footage produced by individuals, businesses and organisations.

News in the Making


This promotional film starts with an accident at sea. After a call the rescue services arrive at the scene. A reporter and photographer are also dispatched to the location. The film then shows how their account of the rescue goes through various editorial, chemical and typographical processes before being printed onto newspaper and distributed to all points in the region. Many of the processes and machinery featured in the film are extinct in today's newspaper industry.


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