General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

14

Total Parts

15

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

SYNTHETIC/ PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

40.3 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

VICTOR

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Camden

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1920'S & 1930'S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF 'VITAPHONE' RECORDS USED IN OTTAWA (CENTRE THEATRE HAD SOUND EQUIPMENT IN 1929) IN THE EARLY DAYS OF'TALKING' PICTURES.

Function

TO PROVIDE THE SOUND SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE PROJECTED FILM IMAGE FOR MOVIES.

Technical

THESE TYPE OF DISKS PROVIDED SOUND WHICH WAS SYNCHRONISED WITH THE MOVEMENTS RECORDED BY THE CINE CAMERAS IN MAKING MOTION PICTURES - 'TALKING PICTURES' WERE BORN & SOON REPLACED SILENT MOVIES ALTHOUGH SOUND-ON-FILM REPLACED DISKS FAIRLY QUICKLY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED LABEL ON DISK: 'Property of/ United Artists Corporation/ PRODUCTION REEL No./ Set No./ Times Played [2 TIMES]/ [#1 TO 20 IN BOXES]/ Copyrighted by/ United Artists Corporation/ Recorded and Pressed By/ Victor Talking Machine Company/ Camden, N.J./ Made in U.S.A./ PAT. IN U.S.A. NO. 1637082. GREAT BRITAIN 263550 OF 1925. AUSTRALIA 26023 NOV. 19, 1925. INDIA 11781 OF 1920. JAPAN 74467 NOV. 21, 1927. IRISH FREE STATE 263550 OF 1926'/ MARKINGS ON DISKS & DUST COVERS: ‘PATHETIC - BLOOD ‘N THUNDER/ 47649/ [Set No.]2/ ‘AveMaria', Bottle Crashes'; .14pt: ‘Awakening 8/ AWAKENING/ Reel-4'

Missing

N/A

Finish

DISK: BLACK; WHITE LABEL WITH BLACK PRINTING/ BEIGE COVER WITH WHITE & RED STICKER

Decoration

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