| BOYS WILL BE EDITORS 14 year old Eric Hale writes and prints his own newspaper then goes and sells it to his neighbours in Lancing. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7244 |
| Catalog #: | 506984 | |
| Clip Number: | 506984-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 309 | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:00 - 01:13:39 | |
| Location: | Lancing, West Sussex. | |
| Year Shot: | 1936 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/TEENAGERS: Working INDUSTRY: Printing & Publishing JOURNALISM: Newspaper LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | BOYS WILL BE EDITORS 14 year old Eric Hale writes and prints his own newspaper then goes and sells it to his neighbours in Lancing. Lancing, West Sussex. Various shots of Eric Hale (aged 14) writing a letter. He writes and publishes his own newspaper. Various shots as he sets the type on his small printing machine. L/S of a giant printing press in Fleet Street shown in comparison. Eric rolls the ink and puts it over the type, he has to do this for every new page. The two methods of printing are compared. C/U of the type. M/S of his newspaper 'The Magpie' when it is finished. Various shots as he takes the newspapers around to the houses nearby to sell them. | |
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