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
- Sound_and_the_Story_The
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Interesting! · JSBejma · 2014-12-25
Step by step, right from the get go, they tell exactly how vinyl records were made circa mid 1950's. I've never had a clue about how this was done. Classic Indianapolis-looking dames of those days, right down to the glasses and hairdos. Can't be mistaken, not even for Cincinnati or Chicago women. Thank you Jam Handy. This is a masterpiece.
★★★★ · How Did They Get The Picture? · Spuzz · 2012-06-22
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…
★★★ · Then three years later... · ERD. · 2012-06-22
After spending all that money, three years later, in 1959, stereophonic sound came out for home use and the monaural records and equipment were considered inferior.