Friday, April 29, 2022
Newspapers? What Are Those?
I am reading Cresson H. Kearney's Nuclear War Survival Skills which I found on one of my too many bookshelves. He makes repeated references to using newspaper as an insulating material. Newspapers on dead tree pulp still exist (although I have no idea why). How many years before this book will cause confusion among its readers?
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The newspaper is an essential prop in so many classic and modern films, that I think the majority will always know what it is -- much like we know that early phones required cranking, and-not-quite-so-early ones you still asked an operator to connect you.
ReplyDeleteHere's an article on the business of prop newspapers:
https://reelrundown.com/film-industry/Same-newspaper-prop-in-different-movies
Dougas2
You'll find much of interest here.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.homelandcivildefense.org/