This poster shares lessons learned from a remastering of a news segment from a WTMJ TV newsreel on Alcoholism in Milwaukee using the kinescope copy of the original broadcast as a reference. This project was part of a graduate fieldwork project performed in the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's Archives Department on the WTMJ TV News Collection. The poster will cover the approach to matching the cuts in Adobe Premiere, the difference between optical and digital titles, the process for recreating the titles, and the use of noise reduction tools In Adobe Audition. Reflections will also be provided on the unique challenges of this project, such as the loss of experience-based knowledge on older broadcast television technologies.
