| MACHINE MADE VOICES Lucille Ball demonstrates a method of making sounds from records into words. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 191265 | |
| Clip Number: | 191265-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 496 | |
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| Location: | Hollywood, California, United States of America. | |
| Year Shot: | 1939 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/RECORDING INDUSTRY: Equipment LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, Hollywood | |
| Description: | MISSING 5/18/2004 MACHINE MADE VOICES Lucille Ball demonstrates a method of making sounds from records into words. Hollywood, California, United States of America. In a Hollywood CBS recording studio we see American film star actress Lucille Ball telling us she has just traveled cross-country by train. She holds two small amplifiers against her throat and mouths some words. The amplifiers transform the sound of a steam train coming from a record into 'steam train words' picked up by Lucille's larynx. I cannot make out all of them - the last are "Hello everybody". Three technician men sit at a table wearing headphones and making notes. Lucille does another demonstration - this one seems to be 'cow words' - very difficult to decipher. I guess it was still in the early stages! | |
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