[GreenKeys] 1920 Film - Washington Navy Radio

[Richard Knoppow]

    Fascinating. Too bad there is not a setting to run it at 
silent speed.
    At Fox Television I remember we had a project of transferring 
Movietone News to digital tape. Fox had the complete archives of 
Movietone News. It was one of the two largest newsreels (the 
other was the Paramount News). Most of the stuff was shot with 
sound, often just natural sound. Fox did all sorts of projects to 
record whatever what going on. I don't think anyone in Fox 
management really had any appreciation of what they had. The 
outtakes are often more interesting than the scenes used in the 
newsreel releases.
    Many do not realize that Fox Film was a pioneer in sound 
recording. Fox formed a partnership with Theodore Case, to form 
Fox-Case Movietone.  It was an early pioneer of sound on film, as 
opposed to the sound on disc used by Warner Brothers/Western 
Electric Vitaphone. Fox called System Movietone. It made use of a 
glow tube called an Aeolite (not A E O lite as it is sometimes 
called). They were having considerable success until Western 
Electric decided they were too much competition and pulled their 
patent licenses. Fox then had to buy a Western Electric license 
and goodby Movietone although the trade name remained.
     It is a matter of luck and happenstance that the WE/Warner 
project became successful when it did. Sound on film is really a 
better method and was the one eventually adopted by the industry.
    At its height Movietone News released three editions a week, 
a lot of work. Some, of course was staged but mostly what was 
filmed was real. A fair amount of the outtakes are on You Tube.

On 2/16/2021 11:41 AM, Nick England wrote:
> https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/MVTN/id/2633/rec/1 
> <https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/MVTN/id/2633/rec/1>
> adjusting receiver
> receiving on inked paper tape
> punching wheatstone tape for transmission (Kleinschmidt Perforator)
> receiving antenna at Washington Navy Yard?
>
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com <http://www.navy-radio.com>
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