Linotype newspaper printing demonstration - Heritage Park Historical Village, Calgary

See how molten lead is cast into text for news paper print dies in a printing press. This machine was one of the first word processors, and revolutionized print and news media in 1886.

[@JohnnyTidmore]

Thank you for making this video. The captions and editing are good and helps demonstrate how difficult these mechanical processes once were.

[@quadmasta]

I could listen to that guy talk about anything. His voice is extremely calming and he's great at describing things.

[@cavecookie1]

WOW, did this bring back the memories! My grandpa was an old-school small town news man, with a weekly local newspaper. His printing shop was FULL of antique printing presses like in this shop, although his were powered by motors and belts turning the flywheels. He had 2 linotypes, and lots of cases of type. His Newsprint press was similar to this one, except about twice as big; you had to stand on a little platform to get high enough to feed to press. The printed sheet ran under a row of gas flame that supposedly dried the ink. Occasionally, a sheet would catch fire, and Grandpa would grab it quick, drop it on the floor, and stomp out the flames, and then back to feeding the press! That monster shook the whole building when it was running! With these sights and sounds, I can almost smell that old shop!

[@etischer]

Thanks for the great comment, I enjoyed reading it! Glad I could bring back those memories