Introduction of Vitaphone Sound Pictures (1926)

Original title

Introductory Speech by Will H. Hays

Country

United States

Runtime

4 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short film from 1926 demonstrates Warner Brothers' new Vitaphone sound system. It shows how the technology works and marks an early step in the transition to talking pictures.

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What happens

Introduction of Vitaphone Sound Pictures is a 1926 Vitaphone short film released by Warner Brothers on August 5, 1926, a Thursday evening. It was one of the first talking films. It introduced Warner's new Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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