“Making Books” video from 1947

BoingBoing has posted a 1947 film about how a book is made. It starts with the writer — “This man in an author. He writes stories. He’s just finished writing a story. He thinks many people will like to read it. So, he must have the story made into a book.” — and ends with a finished, bound book. Along the way, we are taken on a tour through the printing and bindery process. In a factory full of machinery that would give an OSHA inspector a heart attack…