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Caption notes

The documentary follows the last night of hot-metal typesetting at The New York Times. The first-edition deadline ties together typesetting, proofreading, page makeup, and printing. Workers describe what the change means to them before the film turns to computer-based phototypesetting. Text can be recalled for corrections, then output to paper for paste-up. The closing narration asks viewers to consider what still depends on human judgment after the equipment changes.