[American Writing Paper Company footage]

Date1930s

AbstractIntertitle: "American Writing Paper Company Presents" (Title scene and other intertitles are in Spanish.) Shot of paper manuscript. Man looks through a drawer of folded papers. Subtitle: “What will the answer be?” He opens one and it is blank. He dramatically pulls at the paper. Hands writing. Blurry image of people mixing pulp in paper factory. Paper pulp runs through machinery. Men shoveling paper fiber into large bins. Large containers of fiber lined up. A small machine smooths out fiber until it looks like paper. Subtitle: "The details of the big machine is made clear with small model." A big machine presses out more paper in the same manner as the previous smaller machine. The brand logo for the Coupon Bond. Men operate paper machinery and pull out long strips of paper. Man and woman stack paper together. Man uses machine to cut off excess length from paper. Man packages paper. Woman adds the logo to the packaging. Two business men sit talking at a desk. A woman hands to one man a business card for Whiting Paper Company. The men then fill out an order form in order to purchase paper. Display of the process to ensure that rag paper and Sulphite paper are of good quality. Subtitles: “Rag Fiber”; “Sulphite Fiber”; “Fiver Content Test”; “Humidity Room”; “Folding test”; “Mullen Test”; “Tearing Test”. Seal for rag paper. Intertitle: “The arrow indicates that this coupon is 100% rag paper." Intertitle: “The standard must carry the bulk of permanent record 75-100 years.” Seal for Sulphite Paper. Intertitle: “The arrow indicates Acceptance Bond—a quality which will serve for 15 years." Intertitle: “Sulphite Bond—for temporary records."

• American Writing Paper Company

• American Writing Paper Company