News reporting has evolved drastically over the last century. Changes in technology and media formats have taken journalism from print media formats to the invisible air waves of television and radio to personal computers and the Internet, where an influx of new information is made available to millions of homes. This amazing compilation includes three vintage newspaper reporter films from the olden days of communication! Topics Include: News Reporters, Journalism, Newspaper Writing, Copy Editing
Included Films:
Journalism
Journalism
Produced: 1940
Length: 10 Minutes
Being a newspaper person is a challenging, intense field that requires intelligence, stamina, and dedication to the facts. Another film in the estimable Your Life at Work Series that attempts to inform people interested in the field of journalism. We see various jobs including “outside men” who gather stories off particular beats, “re-write men” who take those stories and write up a presentable article, and a “makeup editor” who decides where the story is going to be placed. In an era of Internet articles and everyman reporting, this harkens back to a time when reporting meant accuracy and hours of leg work, tracking down stories and sources. While full of 1940s sexism, “women cannot keep up with their male counter parts in the news industry,” it explores a career that is as important now as it ever was. With only twenty six letters minds are changed and news reaches the masses.
Newspaper Story
Newspaper Story
Produced: 1940s
Length: 16 Minutes
Read all about it! Morning paper! Get your morning Star! The story of how a paper is brought to life is as enthralling as the news that makes up its pages. Susie is lost; she has wandered away from her home and caused a panic around the neighborhood. While police officers search the streets a group of intrepid Boy Scouts search the surrounding woods and find her. One reporter, catching wind of the story, tracks the Boy Scouts down and we get an insiders glimpse into everything from fact checking, photographing taking to story writing and the design of the newspaper. A wonderful vocational study from the 1940s, News Story, delivers the facts.
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Betty Boop’s Rise To Fame
Produced: 1934
Length: 9 Minutes
Betty Boop is the epitome of sexy classiness coupled with animated skill and dedication. Max Fleischer, the creator of Betty Boop, sits down to discuss the origins of Betty Boop, what it takes to draw her, providing several examples of her singing allure as proof of the effort involved. “Betty Boop’s Rise to Fame” couples animation with interesting real life interviews to make it a compelling, interesting, and ultimately entertaining look at one of America’s first sex symbols.
