Mementos of Early Photographic Sound Recording
The author discusses early contributions to the art of recording sound by photographic methods made by several Bell-related organizations, using mementos of these contributions as examples. Photographic plates with spiral soundtracks (1884-1885) from the Volta Laboratory of Alexander Graham Bell and his associates are examined. Copies of both variable-density and variable-area examples are shown. Later work done at Western Electric and Bell Laboratories at the advent of talking pictures is discussed, with film clip samples salvaged from early experiments (1923 and 1929) with the light valve system developed by E. C. Wente for providing sound on film. Concurrent developments in associated fields are also described.
- Print ISSN
- 0036-1682
- Published
- 1982-03
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J01297
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