Museum Of Motion Picture History, Inc

Audio Page

The audio story parallels that of the picture.  New technology, on each side, advanced the whole motion picture industry and brought about constant improvement.  While the addition of sound on film recording made Talkies.  Constant advances in methods of sound recording led to audio tape - then to video tape, thus replacing film all together.

Audio recording started with the cylinder record.

The next advance was the disc, easier to reproduce.

Then sound was recorded in several ways on film.

Around World War II, magnetic wire recording was used in many ways.

BASF then invented magnetic tape. 

This led to the reel to reel recorders.  Both audio and video.

Then cassettes, first - video with the 3/4 inch U-Matic, then then ever popular audio cassette.

Now with computers the CD and DVD.

  Clyinder Record

 Metallux Radio - 78 RPM phonograph and Wire Recorder in one steel case. circa WWII

Microphone and recording wire.