Having watched too many movies perhaps, many of us are caught up in the intrigue of WWII, the bindness, the lack of preparedness, the Jews lamb like march, etc.
How do you actually go about getting microfilm articles on any subject. Can anyone do this? Terribly interesting.
Thank you very much.
>>> How do you actually go about getting microfilm articles on any subject.
I’m not the poster of this series but the local college library has extensive microfilm files of various newspapers. Anyone can browse them.
Back as a student I spent some time digging into these reading the London Times as it covered the War of 1812. The funny thing was how little newspaper editorial styles have changed in two centuries. Examples like sternly demanding explanations from the Admiralty how the Royal Navy was losing battles to American frigates, and outrage how unfair an advantage the US claimed by building better ships like the Constitution.
It’s an interesting exercise to see how history was initially reported to the average citizen.
Homer really puts a lot of work into this series by going to the library and copying these from microfiche. According to the title of this thread, today’s paper is from the Monterey Public Library. It really is a testament to Homer’s dedication to this project.
At one point I had looked to see if we could get there articles online from the New York Times archive to save some time for Homer and you can, but even with a full subscription you are only allowed 100 articles per year before you have to pay for them individually. As with today’s paper there are at least 10 articles so you would use up the free ones inside a week.