| SOUNDPROOF ROOM Tests are carried out in a soundproof room at Post Office Engineering Research Station. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7170 |
| Catalog #: | 47460 | |
| Clip Number: | 47460-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 482 | |
| Timecode: | 01:54:32 - 01:55:40 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: Telephone INDUSTRY: Product Testing LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England SCIENCE: Acoustics | |
| Description: | SOUNDPROOF ROOM Tests are carried out in a soundproof room at Post Office Engineering Research Station. The Post Office Engineering Research Station carries out tests to reduce noise in telephone earpieces. M/S man sat in electric chair in padded room, camera pans up and down him and across to a loudspeaker. C/U wall made from fibreglass in muslin bags. L/S as the door opens and a man walks in. Various shots as the man attaches microphone and other instruments to the other man's head and ears. C/U of the man's ear, with needle sticking into it. M/S man working controls and amplifier. M/S man checking controls and writing in book. C/U Cathode-ray shows screen sequences moving across it. L/S man seated in soundproof room. | |
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