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In Black and White

1951•20m
Documentary

An attempted evocation of the tradition of British printing, in a series of dramatised impressions: the discovery of a new method of printing in France and its development in England. The beauty of language is illustrated by excerpts from the works of Shakespeare and Dickens.

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Production

World Wide Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

James McKechnie

James McKechnie

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