eli5 – How did old shows like Andy Griffith, edit/slice film in order to add stuff like transitions and music?

Question

Just the above. I edit videos with Final Cut Pro and I just can’t imagine how stuff like this was done before digital avenues.

In: Technology

Answer 1

I worked in a movie theater in 2001 and spliced movies together. They came in rolls and we had a machine that would cut a frame or two off the ends and splice the two rolls into one. Then roll it on a reel to attach the next roll.

They did the same back then for shows.