The Sound and The Story (1956)
1956 · Ephemeral film · 23 min
An education short film about the process behind creating vinyl records.
- Documentary
Synopsis
This short film was released by the RCA Victor record label in 1956 to demonstrate to the American public just how they managed to produce 250 000 vinyl records a day, using a painstaking process, and all in pursuit of creating the ultimate "illusion" of live musical performance.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Studio
- Jam Handy Organization (JHO)
- Released
- 1956-01-01
- Running time
- 23 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0530_Sound_and_the_Story_The_M03876_11_35_52_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · How Did They Get The Picture? · Spuzz · 2016-01-18
A nice accompiment to 'In Living Stereo' where it told of how 78's are made, 'The Sound And The Story' teaches us how vinyl records are made. This is done by going step by step, by first showing us a recording being done of 'Romeo And Juliet' by the Boston Symphony, to the taping of it, a master being made, to dupes of the master, a mold, and then finally, the dupes of the mold. All of this is explained in a suprisingly easy and interesting way, since I've never been told how records are made. Another interesting point about this, is how many women they had working at the RCA shop, not just…