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Title: COLLINS BOOKS

Reference number: 5049

Date: 1965c

Production company: Templar Films

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.24 ft

Description: A film showing the production process involved in the making of a book for publication. The book 'POOKIE BELIEVES IN SANTA CLAUS' was processed at the Collins Publishers factory. The film shows the text being typed into a machine ready for the printing press, the printed sheets are then cut and placed into order ready for the binding process.

Shotlist: [no title] exts Collins Publishers building (0.07) Ints books on display in cabinet, a lady takes one, c/u pages as she leafs through (0.22) typesetting pages on monotype machine, a man operates the machine as v/o explains process. C/u 'punched paper' that is produced (1.21) gvs typecasting machine, moulds are created in lead (2.12) outside cover being photographed through filters in order to create printing plates. C/u one of the finished negatives after development (2.59) Positive transparency being used to make lithograph plate (sixteen pages on one plate) Quality checks are made and proofing plate inspected and loaded into protective casing (4.09) gvs printing machine with four plate carrying rollers. Lithographic plates are attached to same. gvs printing underway, we see a man taking the occasional sheet for inspection and quality control (5.47) batches of printed sheets are trimmed in machine (6.16) folding machine in action (7.00) folded sheets (known as 'sections' or 'signatures') are manually 'gathered' into order by very a women working at speed (7.39) rows of women at machines 'sew' the gathered pages of the books together (8.11) an assistant snips the books apart. The top, fore-edge and bottom are trimmed by machine (8.43) books are stacked and then covered (glueing process is shown, back and front boards for casing - all mechanical processes) (10.15) books are stacked and put under pressure to dry for several hours (10.22) a room full female employees visually check each book, then wrap them ready for dispatch. A lady opens a copy of the finished book 'Pookie Believes in Santa Claus' and puts it proudly on display (11.44) exts Collins Publishers building (11.57) [sound continues for a few seconds after end of picture]