- Title: PA-19
- Summary: A REVOLUTIONARY NEW TRIUMPH IN TAPE: HANDY JAM / RCA VICTOR, RADIO VICTROLA DIVISION / MEDIA / TAPE RECORDING / AUDIO SOUND TAPE RECORDING GIANT FOR TRACK TAPE CARTRIDGE / CASSETTE
- Description:01:46:35 - MARKETING MANAGER BOB BANKS MARKETING MANAGER OF RADIO AND VICTROLA DIVISION OF RCA VICTOR, STANDS BETWEEN TWO SETS OF SPEAKERS, SPEAKS ABOUT "MIRACLE" RCA VICTOR "EXCLUSIVE". "LIVING STEREO PLAYED ON A RECORD THROUGH ALL-NEW, 2 IN 1 RCA VICTOR 'S "AUTHOPHONIC, HIGH FIDELITY VICTROLA". 01:47:10 - CU SPEAKER PLAYS LEFT HAND SECTION OF ORCHESTRA DOMINATING IT. CU SPEAKER PLAYS THE RIGHT HAND SECTION PREDOMINATES IT. SOUND OF TWO TOGETHER. music, classical. 01:47:42 - CU BOB BANKS EXPLAINS SYSTEM. ABOVE VIEW STYLUS ON SPINNING RCA RECORD IN STEREO PLAYER. CIRCA 1950S 01:48:08 - ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOW HOW ONE-TRACK RECORDING IS ACCOMPLISHED, CU DRAWING SHOWING HOW NEEDLE, REPLACED BY STYLUS, MOVES IN GROOVE OF RECORD. VOICE OVER BOB BANKS EXPLAINS PROCESS. 01:49:46 - ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS HOW STYLUS CONSISTS OF TWO CERAMIC BARS INSTEAD OF ONE. IT SHOWS HOW RIGHT SIDE PICKS UP ONE SIDE OF ORCHESTRA, LEFT SIDE PICKING UP OTHER. CU DRAWING SHOWS V-SHAPED GROOVE WITH EACH SIDE OF GROOVE PICKING UP LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF OF ORCHESTRA. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. 01:50:35 - CU VIEW STYLUS MOVING UP AND DOWN ON RECORD. VOICE OVER, "THIS IS LIVING STEREO". MS MAN AND WOMAN SEATED IN FRONT OF SPEAKERS LISTENING TO "LIVING STEREO" 01:51:17 - CU NEW (1958) RCA VICTOR TWO IN ONE STEREO ORTHOPHONIC PORTABLE VICTROLA, AND. CABINET STYLE UNIT. VOICE OVER TELLS HOW ALL MODELS WILL PLAY MONORIALLY AS WELL AS STEREOPHONICALLY. IT WILL PLAY ANY RECORD WETHER 79S, 45S, 33 1/3, 16 2/3, OR THE NEW "LIVING STEREO" RECORD. 01:51:55 - MONTAGE BANK SHOWS VARIETY OF UNITS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PURCHASED OR WANT TO PURCHASE NEW HI-FIDELITY CONTROLLERS, AND WHO MAY AT A LATER DATE WANT TO CONVERT TO LIVING STEREO, INCLUDING AMPLIFIERS, STEREO PICK-UPS, SPEAKER CABINETS AND NECESSARY LEADS TO PROVIDE A SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE CONVERSION. 01:52:08 - CU RECORD ON STEREO TURNTABLE PLAYS "GRAND CANYON SUITE" BY CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA. AS CU ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS DIAMOND TIP OF STYLUS MOVING DOWN V-SHAPED GROOVE OF RECORD, PLAYING RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE OF RECORD AS IT TRAVELS. classical music. 01:53:24 - RCA ANIMATED VIEW LOGO OF DOG LOOKING INTO HORN OF VICTROLA, WIGGLING ITS EARS. 01:53:43 - THE END 01:53:46 - TITLE: RCA PRESENTS "A REVOLUTIONARY NEW TRIUMPH IN TAPE" 01:54:04 - CERAMIC LIKENESS OF RCA LOGO WITH DOG LOOKING INTO HORN OF VICTROLA.. 01:54:19 - WOMAN IN EASY CHAIR SITS IN FRONT OF TWO SPEAKERS, LISTENING TO CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYED ON REVOLUTIONARY NEW TAPE. 01:54:30 - WOMAN GETS OUT OF CHAIR, OPENS TOP OF CABINET, PLACES NEW TAPE INTO PLAYER AS VOICE OVER EXPLAINS SIMPLICITY AND SPEED SHE CAN CHANGE CARTRIDGES. 01:54:48 - CU VIEW RCA VICTOR RECORDING TAPE WITH LOGO. CU VIEW AS REEL TO REEL ON TAPE PLAYS SWING MUSIC. CU WOMAN TURNS CARTRIDGE AROUND ON PLAYER TO PLAY OTHER SIDE OF TAPE. 01:55:18 - CU VIEW TOP OF NEW CARTRIDGE AS VOICE OVER EXPLAINS ITS PROPERTIES. CU ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOWS, VOICE OVER EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS HAVING FOUR TRACKS AS OPPOSED TO TWO ON RECORD. 01:55:56 - CU STACK OF 45 RPM RECORDS PLAYING ON 45 RPM TURNTABLE, CIRCA 1940S,. ONE CARTRIDGE PLAYS ENTIRE FULL STACK ON ONE CARTRIDGE. 01:56:02 - OLD TYPE TAPE TO TAPE RECORDER CIRCA 19, PLAYING TAPE. CU TIMER SHOWS SLOWEST SPEED PLAYED ON OLD REEL TO REEL WAS 7 1/2 INCHES PER SECOND NEW CARTRIDGE PLAYS IT IN 3 1/2 INCHES PER SECOND. CUTTING COSTS IN HALF. 01:56:44 - CU OLD STEREOPHONIC TAPE OF PAST GAVE 36 HOURS OF MUSIC, AND COSTS AS MUCH AS THREE LP RECORDS, SHOWN NEXT TO REEL. CU NEW TAPE CARTRIDGE SHOWN WITH THREE LP RECORDS. LIVING STEREO CAN BE PLAYED AT COST OF ONE LP RECORD. 01:57:14 - VARIOUS NEW RCA TAPE CARTRIDGE RECORDERS AND PLAYERS SHOWN. 01:57:45 - CU TURNING REELS ON TAPE VOICE OVER SHOWS HOW ALL MODELS FEATURE FAST FORWARD AS WELL AS FAST REVERSE. WOMAN PRESSING SELECTION BUTTONS ON PLAYER. CU TAPE STOPS ROLLING AS IT IS COMPLETELY RE-WOUND. WOMAN TURNS TAPE UPSIDE DOWN FOR RE-PLAYING. 01:58:28 - CU DELUXE NEW CARTRIDGE CONTAINS COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS OF REVERSING AND SHUTTING OFF PLAYS FOR TWO HOURS, MAKING IT UNNECESSARY TO TURN CARTRIDGE OVER. CU VOICE OVER EXPLAINS OTHER NEW FEATURES OF CARTRIDGE. INCLUDING FOOTAGE COUNTER "A" AND "B" SIDES. 02:00:13 - MS DAD GIVES LITTLE GIRL CARTRIDGE TO PLAY ON RECORDER AS HE AND MOM SIT AND LISTEN. MS MOM, PIPE SMOKING DAD AND LITTLE GIRL LISTEN TO RECORDED CLASSICAL MUSIC GIRL LOADED ON RECORDER. 02:01:06 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1958
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-19