19561950s INDUSTRIAL
RECORDS BEING PRESSED, MANUFACTURE OF RECORDS, MAKING RECORDS, HOW RECORDS ARE MADE.
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CU WOMAN UNWRAPS PRESENT. ROMEO & JULIET ALBUM. TCHAIKOVSKY. GETS UP FROM GROOVY 1950s DECOR LIVING ROOM & PUTS RECORD ON THE HI- FI.
CU RECORD PLAYS. WOMAN SITS LOOKING AT COVER. CU COVER. |
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CU RECORD ON HI-FI.
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SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON. EXTERIOR.
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CU SIGN FLASHING "QUIET RCA VICTOR RECORDING".
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ORCHESTRA RECORDING.
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CU TAPE RECORDING MUSIC. REEL TO REEL TAPE RECORDER, TAPE PLAYER. COULD WORK FOR SURVEILLANCE SHOT, SPYING, PHONE TAPPING, FBI, CIA, BUGGING, ETC.
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MEN SITTING & STANDING IN STUDIO, WORKING.
MAN FLIPS PAGES IN BOOK. |
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CU SPEAKER.
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CU MAN IN GLASSES WRITING ON PAGES IN NOTEBOOK.
RECORDING MUSIC DIRECTOR. CU SOUND ENGINEER. |
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CONDUCTOR, CHARLES MUNCH, LEADS MUSICIANS.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. |
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CU METERS ON RECORDING CONSOLE. MOVING.
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CONDUCTOR LEADS ORCHESTRA.
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CU SOUND BOARD WITH HANDS RESTING.
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CU CONDUCTOR.
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ENGINEER WATCHES CONSOLE. HANDS AT REST.
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CU RECORDER.
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CONDUCTOR ENTHUSIASTICALLY WAVING BATON.
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CU 1950s MICROPHONE.
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CU PART OF ORCHESTRA. STRINGS, DRUMS.
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CU ENGINEER AT CONSOLE.
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SHOT OF WHOLE ORCHESTRA.
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CONDUCTOR LEADS.
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MEN AT WORK. CU RECORDING CONSOLE.
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ORCHESTRA.
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MAN WATCHES RECORDING MACHINES.
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ORCHESTRA PLAYING AT SYMPHONY HALL.
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CU STEREOPHONIC SPEAKERS.
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MEN IN STUDIO. MAN WITH GLASSES READS. CU TAPE.
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CU RECORD ON STEREO. TURNING.
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STUDIO IN NEW YORK. MAN TRANSFERS TAPE TO LACQUER MASTER. BIG MACHINES IN BACKGROUND. TURNING.
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CU DISC ON MACHINE.
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STEPS IN MAKING LACQUER MASTER ARE SHOWN.
MAN FEEDS TAPE INTO MACHINE. WORKING TAPE MACHINE. LOOKS AT PAPER. INSPECTS DISC. 16" FOR LP, 12" FOR 45'S. |
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ROUND TURNTABLE. SPINDLE. HOLES FOR CENTERING.
PUTS LACQUER DISC ON TURNTABLE. |
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HAND ADJUSTS MACHINE THAT CUTS GROOVES IN RECORD.
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ANIMATED ILLUSTRATION OF HOW FAR APART GROOVES WILL BE CUT.
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CU CUTTING MACHINE TEST CUTS.
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CU MAN LOOKS INTO MICROSCOPE. CHECKS CUT.
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PROCESS OF CUTTING GROOVES.
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MAN LOOKS INTO MACHINE TO MAKE SURE GROOVES ARE BEING CUT PROPERLY. LOOKS AT TAPE MACHINE.
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CU LACQUER MASTER.
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GIRL PUTS MASTER IN VAULT. HUGE LIBRARY OF RECORD MASTERS.
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ORCHESTRA.
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CU RECORD ON PHONOGRAPH.
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CU HANDS PUTTING RECORDS IN CANS. ADDRESS OF RCA VICTOR ON CAN.
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LACQUER MASTER PROCESSING PLANT. PEOPLE AT WORK.
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WOMEN ASSIGN A SHADOW TO EACH LACQUER MASTER.
WOMAN PUTS MASTER ON SPINDLE. |
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MAN REINSPECTS MASTER'S GROOVES IN MICROSCOPE.
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MAN MAKING METAL COPIES OF LACQUER MASTERS.
PUSHES A BUTTON. A SILVER COPY OF RECORD COMES OUT. ELECTRO PLATING. ADDS SERIES OF METALLIC DEPOSITS. |
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MAN WALKS OVER & PULLS OUT HUGE NICKLE PLATED RECORD.
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MAN WALKS OVER & PULLS OUT RECORD NOW COVERED WITH COPPER.
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PUTS RECORD IN TANK. TURNS ON MACHINE. PULLS IT OUT. GLOVED HAND PULLS OUT RECORD. PEELS IT APART. NOW HAVE TWO MASTERS. ORIGINAL LACQUER & NEW SILVER FACED MASTER.
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ANIMATED ILLUSTRATION OF PROCESS.
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CU CLEANING MOLD. SPINNING DISC.
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CU SPEAKER. RECORD TESTER AT WORK. SITS &
LISTENS TO RECORD. LOOKING AT RECORD. |
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MORE ILLUSTRATION OF PROCESS.
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CU MAN PULLING TWO MASTERS APART.
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WOMAN GROUNDS BACK SIDE SMOOTH.
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WOMAN PUNCHES CENTER FOR RECORD PRESS.
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MAN TRIMS TO EXACT DIAMETER.
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CU HAND PULLS RECORD OUT WITH PLIERS.
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WOMAN AT RECORD PRESS. CU STAMPER.
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CU HAND GRABS HANDFUL OF GRANULAR VINYL.
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GLOVED HAND PULLS OUT BALL OF SOFT VINYL, JUST ENOUGH FOR ONE RECORD.
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SHE PUTS LABEL RIGHT ON RECORD. PRESSED RIGHT INTO IT. PUTS THE LUMP OF VINYL ON PRESS. SHUTS COVER. STAMPS NEW RECORD. PRESS HEATS VINYL.
THEN COOLS. SHE TESTS RECORD. |
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ANOTHER WOMAN CHECKS RECORD. PLAYS IT HERSELF.
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ANOTHER PLAYBACK TEST.
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WOMAN NOW PRESSES MORE COPIES OF RECORD.
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CU 45 RECORD MAKING MACHINE. RECORDS COME OUT AUTOMATICALLY. CU PRESSING LABELS.
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WOMAN PULLS OUT STACK OF 45'S.
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MAN WALKS OVER TO ROW OF TAPE MACHINES.
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PACKAGING AREA. WOMEN PUT RECORDS IN SLEEVES, BELT MOVES.
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MONTAGE OF RECORD COVERS.
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PACKAGING AREA. BOXING RECORDS.
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CU ROMEO & JULIET RECORD. TCHAIKOVSKY.
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SHIPPING DEPARTMENT. NEW MECHANICAL TECHNIQUE.
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MAN PUTS TWO PILES OF CARDS ON TOP OF MACHINE
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SHIPPING DEPARTMENT. CARTONS OF RECORDS.
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BOXES OF RECORDS COMING DOWN BELT.
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WOMAN OPERATES A DISTRIBUTION RACK. PUTS RECORDS ON HUGE RACK.
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CHANGING SETTING ON AUTOMATIC ADDRESSING MACHINE.
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BOXES OF RECORDS COME DOWN CONVEYOR BELT TOWARD WOMAN. SHE STRAIGHTENS BOXES AS THEY GO PAST.
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MAN BUNDLES RECORDS. TATTOO ON HIS ARM. MEN TAKING BOXES & PUTTING IN PILES.
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CU ROMEO & JULIET ALBUM.
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CU CHARLES MUNCH, CONDUCTOR.
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CU RECORD ON PHONOGRAPH.
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WOMAN ON COUCH, LEANING. LISTENING TO ROMEO &
JULIET. SLEEPY LOOK OF CONTENTMENT. |
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