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How Motion Pictures Move And Talk

1940/10 min 53 sec/30 shots

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This educational film explains how motion pictures create the illusion of movement by displaying slightly different drawings in rapid succession. It follows film through a projector, showing the shutter and four-step mechanism that advances each frame. Animation then traces optical sound recording, where soundtrack patterns become electrical vibrations and projected light variations.

Provenance and rights

Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: How Motion Pictures Move And Talk
Date: 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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