How This Folder Took Over the World

The Manila folder is a staple of the office environment, but it's also a titan of media - it appears in detective thrillers, crime dramas, spy comedies and mundane slice of life office sitcoms. But why? How did it become so prominent? Well it all starts in the Philippines.
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[@IMPERIALYT]

Hey all - I know this is a little different to my usual content, but I really thought this was a fascinating subject and I thought it might be a good start to a new series that looks at shorter form content. This will be called "But I Digress" as it's a digression from my usual content, and will mostly focus on neat origin stories of ubiquitous items and just unique histories in general!

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[@Exit311]

Brilliant. So many things are so ubiquitous they're invisible. Great topic

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[@qlus]

It just blessed me

[@lsedge7280]

I'm from the UK and this made me realise something - I absolutely see manila folders in film, and even on my computer, and accept it as normal, but I've never actually seen one in real life. We use binders, usually ring binders, near exclusively to sort paper, or if that organisation isn't necessary we'll either leave paper loose or put it in a plastic wallet, and if we need tabs as you often see on manila folders, we have brightly coloured plastic or paper divider sheets we can put in a ring binder between entries. Yet I've never questioned the symbolism of a manila folder, even though it's utterly alien to my real life experiences. Presumably, it's physically not ubiquitous in the UK and possibly other countries for the same reason it's so common in America - that period of US monopoly and domestic use of it.

[@Smulenify]

Same for Norway, I wanted to get some a few years ago and I couldn't find any. Ring binders is definitely the most common. Even if folders are used it's not beige or the same style. With digitalisation very little is kept in paper form these days anyways.

[@marijalinkevica]

Same! The phrase 'international icon' does not apply to Europe I guess!:) I am European and lived in many European countries but have never seen such folders in real life. We usually use plastic wallets and those folders with plastic sleeves. Even though everything is digitalised nowadays, it seems that manila folders are more environmentally friendly and would have served me better, when I was younger.

[@maxresdefault_]

Imagine watching a film about sailors in the 19th century and seeing a character use a folder you'd have in the office every day

[@hoogyoutube]

Such an incredible video

[@dkaloger5720]

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[@BeyondTheIslands]

A great use of your wider reach, thank you for showing us this guy

[@Jaime.Lannister]

Probably one of Philippines underrated contribution to politics and pop culture

[@craneoflores]

Fascinating! I had no clue why they called them "manila" folders. I thought maybe it had something to do with the color or material. So cool to learn about the actual history!

[@Kamome163]

What a beautiful video! 🤩 Great content explained brilliantly

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[@chilli943]

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[@alrien536]

Awesome video. Didn't know that it's also called manila folder outside the Philippines.

[@134343]

Great video. Hope to see the next episode soon!

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[@johannesrodt290]

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[@siarhian10]

I'm gonna be honest I'm much more used to colourful plastic folders than any sort of paper one

[@clippedwings225]

this was a really good video!

[@alperena1675]

lmao I just want to know how high you were thinking “… I should make a video about this”

[@aryanzirak2378]

Incredible video. I always wondered why it is called that, but for some reason I never went on to check it. 😊

[@CyrusBluebird]

Fascinating.

[@NickNM1921]

Is there any info on how much of the fiber market in the US was supplied by Abaca fiber vs domestic wood fiber in the peak of abaca use in the paper industry?

[@NickNM1921]

I’m in school for forestry and currently working on a land base that supplies a lot of pulp wood (sustainably harvested) for paper mills. The paper business is a pretty interesting world.

[@IMPERIALYT]

Of course! I included it in my source document in the description but I can give you a quick rundown here. Abaca was still dwarfed by wood pulp for the majority of its existence, since wood pulp was a more versatile, multi-purpose fiber used for just about any paper - while Abaca was a bit more of a specialized, durable fiber - so it never really took the crown of 'most popular paper material'. However, it was certainly ubiquitous enough (especially as a material for folders) to have endured in the cultural consciousness.

[@NickNM1921]

Thanks!

[@shurimanpigeon1932]

What a beautiful folder, my goodness

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Wish your channel the best of luck.

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This video was very neat and well done and just made me want to say the more you know 😅

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Excellent content, interesting viewing.👏👌

[@change_your_oil_regularly4287]

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[@stannum9249]

Proudly from the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687]

Here we go again

[@AvoytDesign]

all my life, I thought "manila" was just the name of that beige color

[@arthashashtr]

How do you edit your videos?

[@willmanley922]

perfect death of stalin reference!

[@parkerbond9400]

Great video on the material but no mention of the shape?

[@Joker-no1uh]

I've always thought it was called a vanilla folder because of its color, not Manila 😂😂. Guess I've never seen it written down before

[@Santiino]

Such a random question but such a interesting Video.

[@sandwich2473]

Very interesting :o

[@TrickiVicBB71]

Huh, learned how the simple folder from the office came from The Philippines

[@WillmobilePlus]

Fuk me! I just NOW get it!? it's a MANILA folder! I just assumed manila was like a color, similar to vanilla.

[@marvinochieng6295]

some day i wish i could edit like this

[@sheeep_ish]

1:09 God, that was like whiplash lol

[@mabi2727]

You know what, I don't think I've ever seen a folder like that here in my country (Brazil), but I do know what it is due to American media, as you said.

[@Monster_Knight]

it's looks cool

[@matteo-cu8uv]

Never actually seen one in real life

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for the algo

[@almerindaromeira8352]

I've never seen one of those in real life. I'm european btw. I know it from american movie culture, but that's it. I think is not that popular outside the US as you think.

[@Llamarama100]

I've never seen on in real life, all the folders in the UK that I've seen are green card and they have a pair of metal spines in them to fit in a filing cabinet

[@JeddieT]

Who knew?

[@Golgito]

:)

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[@fizkallnyeilsem]

As a Filipino Im quite happy our peoples existence and the place we live in made such a notable influence/effect in history, i always thought that there was a lack of historical contribution Phil made. But im glad our existence paved way to the creation of document organizer, even making its way to our desktop as an icon🇵🇭♥️very nice vid mate, cheers from Palawan

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

It goes far beyond that, The Philippines is one of the pioneers of Global Maritime Trade through the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade. With that being said, there's no need to ask for validation. Knowing thyself is enough to feel proud.

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