The Birthplace of Good Stationery

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Summary

The production and printing of office stationery at Kenrick and Jefferson Limited of West Bromwich.

Year:

1931

Duration:

0:09:00

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Advertising

Master format:

16mm

Description

Intertitle: "Printing Ink Makes Millions Think" "The K & J Typograph department from whence K & J printing goes all over the world."
We see shots of printing presses.
Intertitle: "Constant Inspection Maintaining Perfection".
A worker is seen inspecting a sample piece of paper.
Intertitle: "Quick Work!"
More shots of printing presses.
Intertitle: "The K + J Rs-agraph department. The beauty and quality of this work have earned it a world wide reputation".
Workers printing and sorting items of stationery.
Intertitle: "To The Drying Rooms".
Trolleys are seen being wheeled through a room.
Intertitle: "Every sheet is examined before counting and boxing".
We see women sorting and checking paper goods and then wooden crates being winched onto lorries which are then seen leaving the Kenrick and Jefferson factory on High Street in West Bromwich.


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Notes

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