The pace of change in the newspaper industry over the last 20 years, amid a computer-driven technological revolution, has been rapid.

But when I started in the mid 1980s the differences were not yet that great and I can recognise much in Printer's Ink, the latest in an ongoing series of releases from Todmorden Tourist Information Centre, which aimed to give a fly-on-the-wall view of how an edition of the Todmorden News and Advertiser came together in the early, immediately pre-Beatles 1960s.

And I mean everything - from the gathering of stories and placing of ads, through the production process and finally delivery to the town's newsagents to be purchased by the reader. It's all here, and in packed half an hour.

It was produced by two men who knew and was made for the newspaper, I think for entry in a cine club competition in Burnley. The cameraman was Peter Waddington, managing director of the newspaper, then still owned by the Waddington family (his father, long time Todmorden News and Advertiser stalwart George, and mother briefly appear in it, being presented with flowers for their golden wedding), and lighting and sound was by his friend, Norman Brown.

Some of the newspaper's staff were filmed while they did their jobs and other incidents, including a borough council meeting and even a car accident, complete with the Police and ambulance emergency services, being staged specially for the project. Lydgate United on the other hand were playing for real as far as we can tell and other events, such as a cycling proficiency test at the old Roomfield School were likely filmed as they happened.

It would be hard to imagine everyone pitching in to that extent nowadays but it made for a very tightly produced little work that is highly enjoyable and an invaluable period piece. This is how it was done back then, down to a "T".

Reporters are seeing going about their daily round, under the editorship of long serving Sam Tonkiss, from an early morning call at the police station where the police, in the shape of long serving Insp Dennis Woodall, gave them the potted highlights (or lowlights) of what had been going on to an evening drink after attending a social event.

Many local people were drafted in to play parts, including a court scene and the accident, while the councillors, aldermen and Mayor all played themselves! The press room team await Sam's signal that it was time for the presses to roll, before the latest edition was delivered to newsagents.

It was tightly scripted, created around real and staged events, and many places and faces well remembered today pop up along the way.

Brief clips of the half-hour Printer's Ink were seen a few years ago on the Yorkshire TV programme produced by the Yorkshire Film Archive who have given the TIC permission to release this edition on DVD.