Stephen Fry takes a look inside the story of Johann Gutenberg, inventor of the world's first printing press in the 15th century, and an exploration of how and why the machine was invented.
This short demo shows how a Renaissance-era printing press operated. This technology was used to print the works of Shakespeare as well as the King James Bible.
An introduction to the printing of books as it would have been done in the fifteenth century. The film uses equipment in the University Library's Historical Printing Room, and the printers are University Library staff members Nick Smith and Colin Clarkson.