{"id":1386,"date":"2017-11-22T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T14:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=1386"},"modified":"2018-06-08T07:32:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T06:32:18","slug":"brighton-argus-1973","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/brighton-argus-1973\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton Argus (UK) 1973 &#8211; video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t miss <a href=\"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/brighton-argus-1990\/\">Brighton Argus 1990<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V__SKBqJ7vs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The film starts with a look at Brighton sea front and other towns in the Brighton Argus circulation area, accompanied by the obligatory cheesy music recorded on a very stretchy tape.<\/p>\n<p>We then take a quick look at a management meeting before going to the news desk. Here we see the reporters at work on their typewriters, some very impressively typing while holding a lit cigarette!<\/p>\n<p>Then on to the wire room where we see the teleprinters and photographs being received over phone lines.<\/p>\n<p>Next we see the sub-editors desks before the copy is sent by a conveyor to the composing room.<\/p>\n<p>In the composing room we start with an overview of how the linecasters work, followed by setting headlines on the Ludlow.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1088358728041447\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2092786852\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Tele ad &#8220;girls&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>In the advertising department we see tele-ad &#8220;girls&#8221; typing out copy while on the phone. 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