Immortal Voices (1936)
Item title reads Immortal voices. M, S of Thomas Edison stood in a garden, M, S of his workshop. M, S of part of a gramophone. M, S of people dancing to the music, M, S of a man covering up his ears, the camera pans to couples dancing to gramophone music on the floor above. C, U of the needle, M, S of the man with his fingers in his ears. M, S of the gramophone, M, S of a man recording his speech and replaying it. Various shots of early gramophones, M, S of sound box of paper and a pin. Diagrams show how sound is picked up and distributed. Various diagrams showing how it all works. Various studio shots supposedly showing its popularity all over the world. M, S of Hawaiian ladies in grass skirts dancing on a beach, one bends down and puts a record on. M, S of a man wearing a big turban sat in a harem with a wife on either side, they look contented listening to the music. M, S of an arctic scene with a man putting on record in blizzard and clapping his hands. M, S of two pretty girls listening to their gra
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