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This Awesome 16mm Film Shows a Short History of the New York City Bagel

Chris Gampat
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07/12/2013
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New Yorkers know that bagels are some of the greatest things about the city. But even though we enjoy the wonderful breakfast food (sometimes for lunch or dinner as well) many of us don’t really know the origins or history behind them.

The whole process is documented–from making the dough, to slicing it up, boiling the bagels and all. Though this was found years ago, Brooklynology was able to get their pre-hipster hands on some 16mm film footage showcasing the process of how the staple food is made. The film was sitting in the Brooklyn Public Library’s archive.

When you look at it, you can notice all of the typical characteristics of 16mm film and video footage from back in the day: grain, a raspy warmth in the sound that is similar to vintage record players, and the typical New York accent. But it also reminds of a time when content overall was king–and we didn’t sit there looking at resolution charts trying to see the sharpness and critical focus all day and for hours into the night. That’s not to say content still isn’t king, but it is easy to get caught up in the technicalities. Check out the video after the jump.

Via /R/Brooklyn

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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