Researching and Restoring Pioneer Talking Pictures: The 70th Anniversary of the Theatrical Release of Kinetophone
This article attempts to clarify some of the obscure beginnings of sound motion pictures, utilizing new information recently uncovered about Edison's work in this medium. Two technical perspectives are pursued. One describes Kinetophone, and the other explains the use of modern audio, film, and video technologies to generate picture and sound with qualities much better than are presumed possible for productions of this vintage.
- Print ISSN
- 0036-1682
- Published
- 1983-07
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J00734
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