- Title: SC-92
- Summary: THE SOUND & THE STORY: RECORDS BEING PRESSED, MANUFACTURE OF RECORDS, MAKING RECORDS, HOW RECORDS ARE MADE.
- Description:03:00:01 - 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. 03:01:27 - CU RECORD ON HI-FI. 03:01:35 - SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON. EXTERIOR. 03:01:41 - CU SIGN FLASHING "QUIET RCA VICTOR RECORDING". 03:01:46 - ORCHESTRA RECORDING. 03:02:13 - CU TAPE RECORDING MUSIC. REEL TO REEL TAPE RECORDER. 03:02:22 - MEN SITTING & STANDING IN STUDIO, WORKING. MAN FLIPS PAGES IN BOOK. 03:02:40 - CU SPEAKER. 03:02:49 - CU MAN IN GLASSES WRITING ON PAGES IN NOTEBOOK. RECORDING MUSIC DIRECTOR. CU SOUND ENGINEER. 03:03:06 - CONDUCTOR, CHARLES MUNCH, LEADS MUSICIANS. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. 03:03:21 - CU METERS ON RECORDING CONSOLE. MOVING. 03:03:26 - CONDUCTOR LEADS ORCHESTRA. 03:03:37 - CU SOUND BOARD WITH HANDS RESTING. 03:03:50 - CU CONDUCTOR. 03:04:08 - ENGINEER WATCHES CONSOLE. HANDS AT REST. 03:04:12 - CU RECORDER. 03:04:18 - CONDUCTOR ENTHUSIASTICALLY WAVING BATON. 03:04:27 - CU 1950s MICROPHONE. 03:04:32 - CU PART OF ORCHESTRA. STRINGS, DRUMS. 03:04:46 - CU ENGINEER AT CONSOLE. 03:04:54 - SHOT OF WHOLE ORCHESTRA. 03:05:05 - CONDUCTOR LEADS. 03:05:31 - MEN AT WORK. CU RECORDING CONSOLE. 03:05:41 - ORCHESTRA. 03:05:54 - MAN WATCHES RECORDING MACHINES. 03:05:58 - ORCHESTRA PLAYING AT SYMPHONY HALL. 03:06:13 - CU STEREOPHONIC SPEAKERS. 03:06:18 - MEN IN STUDIO. MAN WITH GLASSES READS. CU TAPE. 03:06:47 - CU RECORD ON STEREO. TURNING. 03:06:52 - STUDIO IN NEW YORK. MAN TRANSFERS TAPE TO LACQUER MASTER. BIG MACHINES IN BACKGROUND. TURNING. 03:07:05 - CU DISC ON MACHINE. 03:07:14 - 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. 03:07:56 - ROUND TURNTABLE. SPINDLE. HOLES FOR CENTERING. PUTS LACQUER DISC ON TURNTABLE. 03:08:09 - HAND ADJUSTS MACHINE THAT CUTS GROOVES IN RECORD. 03:08:15 - ANIMATED ILLUSTRATION OF HOW FAR APART GROOVES WILL BE CUT. 03:08:39 - CU CUTTING MACHINE TEST CUTS. 03:08:47 - CU MAN LOOKS INTO MICROSCOPE. CHECKS CUT. 03:08:52 - PROCESS OF CUTTING GROOVES. 03:09:27 - MAN LOOKS INTO MACHINE TO MAKE SURE GROOVES ARE BEING CUT PROPERLY. LOOKS AT TAPE MACHINE. 03:09:47 - CU LACQUER MASTER. 03:09:52 - GIRL PUTS MASTER IN VAULT. HUGE LIBRARY OF RECORD MASTERS. 03:10:06 - ORCHESTRA. 03:10:10 - CU RECORD ON PHONOGRAPH. 03:10:18 - CU HANDS PUTTING RECORDS IN CANS. ADDRESS OF RCA VICTOR ON CAN. 03:10:24 - LACQUER MASTER PROCESSING PLANT. PEOPLE AT WORK. 03:10:29 - WOMEN ASSIGN A SHADOW TO EACH LACQUER MASTER. WOMAN PUTS MASTER ON SPINDLE. 03:10:52 - MAN REINSPECTS MASTER'S GROOVES IN MICROSCOPE. 03:11:00 - MAN MAKING METAL COPIES OF LACQUER MASTERS. PUSHES A BUTTON. A SILVER COPY OF RECORD COMES OUT. ELECTRO PLATING. ADDS SERIES OF METALLIC DEPOSITS. 03:11:24 - MAN WALKS OVER & PULLS OUT HUGE NICKLE PLATED RECORD. 03:11:36 - MAN WALKS OVER & PULLS OUT RECORD NOW COVERED WITH COPPER. 03:11:45 - 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. 03:12:25 - ANIMATED ILLUSTRATION OF PROCESS. 03:13:44 - CU CLEANING MOLD. SPINNING DISC. 03:13:50 - CU SPEAKER. RECORD TESTER AT WORK. SITS & LISTENS TO RECORD. LOOKING AT RECORD. 03:14:19 - MORE ILLUSTRATION OF PROCESS. 03:14:44 - CU MAN PULLING TWO MASTERS APART. 03:14:56 - WOMAN GROUNDS BACK SIDE SMOOTH. 03:15:01 - WOMAN PUNCHES CENTER FOR RECORD PRESS. 03:15:08 - MAN TRIMS TO EXACT DIAMETER. 03:15:17 - CU HAND PULLS RECORD OUT WITH PLIERS. 03:15:26 - WOMAN AT RECORD PRESS. CU STAMPER. 03:15:45 - CU HAND GRABS HANDFUL OF GRANULAR VINYL. 03:15:52 - GLOVED HAND PULLS OUT BALL OF SOFT VINYL, JUST ENOUGH FOR ONE RECORD. 03:16:00 - 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. 03:16:40 - ANOTHER WOMAN CHECKS RECORD. PLAYS IT HERSELF. 03:16:49 - ANOTHER PLAYBACK TEST. 03:16:56 - WOMAN NOW PRESSES MORE COPIES OF RECORD. 03:17:07 - CU 45 RECORD MAKING MACHINE. RECORDS COME OUT AUTOMATICALLY. CU PRESSING LABELS. 03:17:33 - WOMAN PULLS OUT STACK OF 45'S. 03:17:39 - MAN WALKS OVER TO ROW OF TAPE MACHINES. 03:17:52 - PACKAGING AREA. WOMEN PUT RECORDS IN SLEEVES, BELT MOVES. 03:18:04 - MONTAGE OF RECORD COVERS. 03:19:57 - PACKAGING AREA. BOXING RECORDS. 03:20:35 - CU ROMEO & JULIET RECORD. TCHAIKOVSKY. 03:20:44 - SHIPPING DEPARTMENT. NEW MECHANICAL TECHNIQUE. 03:21:07 - MAN PUTS TWO PILES OF CARDS ON TOP OF MACHINE 03:21:23 - SHIPPING DEPARTMENT. CARTONS OF RECORDS. 03:21:32 - BOXES OF RECORDS COMING DOWN BELT. 03:21:37 - WOMAN OPERATES A DISTRIBUTION RACK. PUTS RECORDS ON HUGE RACK. 03:21:49 - CHANGING SETTING ON AUTOMATIC ADDRESSING MACHINE. 03:22:01 - BOXES OF RECORDS COME DOWN CONVEYOR BELT TOWARD WOMAN. SHE STRAIGHTENS BOXES AS THEY GO PAST. 03:22:20 - MAN BUNDLES RECORDS. TATTOO ON HIS ARM. MEN TAKING BOXES & PUTTING IN PILES. 03:22:50 - CU ROMEO & JULIET ALBUM. 03:22:57 - CU CHARLES MUNCH, CONDUCTOR. 03:23:16 - CU RECORD ON PHONOGRAPH. 03:23:20 - WOMAN ON COUCH, LEANING. LISTENING TO ROMEO & JULIET. SLEEPY LOOK OF CONTENTMENT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: SC-92