carlschlesinger — settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:carlschlesinger @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:36:34 +0200 Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu (David Loeb Weiss, 1980) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-05v7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu (David Loeb Weiss, 1980)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" 1978/div div class="img" Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu (1980)/div div class="caption" All set for the July 2, 1978 edition of The New York Times, hot off the press./div div class="txt" Production of the last hot type copy of The New York Times on the nigh of July 1, 1978. The ETAOIN SHRDLU in the title refers to the accidental string of letters that sometimes would end up in print when using the hot type method.   That Linotype setting, and narration, was provided by Carl Schlesinger. That same old, but now digitally set New York Times, provided a lovely farewell when the man passed. Read it here/div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #DavidLoebWeiss #CarlSchlesinger #documentary #ShortFilm #newspapers #press #USA #1970s #1980s/div /section ]]>

Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu (David Loeb Weiss, 1980)

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1978

Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu (1980)

All set for the July 2, 1978 edition of The New York Times, hot off the press.

Production of the last hot type copy of The New York Times on the nigh of July 1, 1978. The ETAOIN SHRDLU in the title refers to the accidental string of letters that sometimes would end up in print when using the hot type method.

That Linotype setting, and narration, was provided by Carl Schlesinger. That same old, but now digitally set New York Times, provided a lovely farewell when the man passed. Read it here

#FilmDuJour #July #DavidLoebWeiss #CarlSchlesinger #documentary #ShortFilm #newspapers #press #USA #1970s #1980s

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