Re: episode discussions
Posted by
tae on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/episode-discussions-tp1497759p1497778.html
On 4 Oct 2002 at 18:35, Denise Felt wrote:
> James K. wrote:
>
> > Anthony is right. When I was doing my credit list for
> > Gabrielle
> >several years ago I got to see newpaper articles on Mircofletche that
> >went back to her work in the 1974 series The Brothers. That was more
> >than 10 years.
>
> Yes, James. I'm aware of microfiche. But these are papers.
> Newspapers. Hard copy. That's what throws me. I've done a lot of
> research over the years, and I can tell you that microfiche copies
> don't look anything like newspapers. It's a little thing. But I
> suppose because I HAVE done research and know the score, it glares out
> at me. Maybe Gerry's writers didn't know that newspapers can't be had
> that far back. Or maybe they just didn't care. Anyway, I love the
> episode. Denise
>
Then again, in 1969, microfiche and microfilm were still quite new in archives.
They didn't become common for quite a few years after the series was filmed.
Newspapers used to keep copies of every paper they published in some sort
of archive. Some were still going back and putting them on film as late as the
early 90s....
TAE