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How Encyclopaedia Brittanica Was (Sort Of) Ahead Of Its Time

Quaint Film Division’s Quaint Americana

Encyclopaedia Brittanica announced last month that it was ditching its print product to go all-digital. But this Monday upload to YouTube by webdev17 reminds us that EB was multimedia before that word was (probably) invented. Please enjoy Bacteria: Friend and Foe!



“Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration with Stewart A. Koser, Ph.D, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, the University of Chicago, Warren Everote, Producer.”

See also: Encyclopaedia Brittanica’s Last Edition Has A Sales Boom

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Posted on April 3, 2012