LIVING STEREO - animated POV ride thu a record groove

LIVING STEREO - Informative 1958 Retro Video on Stereo Tech
"Ken Smith sez: RCA Victor introduces "a miracle" -- the Orthophonic, high-fidelity, home stereo. Bob Banks, an RCA executive, hosts this film. Best scene: An animated POV ride through a stereo record groove.
Bob Banks, marketing manager of radios and Victrola division narrates the new features of the "living stereo" stylus and record album grooves.
Victrolas, static shots of victrolas to demonstrate left and right-hand section of orchestra predominating creating fullness of "living stereo".
Animation illustrating one track groove to "living stereo" groove
Shot of couple listening to living sound on their victrola stereo
animation of traveling on the stylus ". . . you are going on a ride on the diamond tip"," as it plunges down a canyon of sound".
Animation sequence of RCA Victor dog "Nipper" raising his ears
08:04:27
Graphic pinwheel and sunburst explosion
08:04:54
Announcer in stereo showroom talks to camera. CU stereo consoles. Explanation of stereo as new invention.
08:06:43
Graphics showing scientific principles of sound recordings.
08:09:00
CU tone arm and stylus on turning record
08:09:05
Couple listening to stereo very attentively in stage set living room.
08:09:40
Montage of RCA console stereo record players
08:10:30
Good shot records on turntable. Graphic.
08:10:54
Great shot of trip through a record groove from point of view of stylus. Animated.
08:11:44
Animated graphic of Nipper (the RCA dog, corporate logo) and phonograph. Dog perks up his ears.
THE END

STEREOPHONIC SOUND HIGH FIDELITY ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT REPRODUCTION RADIOS PHONOGRAPHS RECORDS PLAYERS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA PERCEPTION AUDIO HEARING EARS BINAURAL"

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• LIVING
• STEREO
• Audio
• Educational
• 1958
• Retro
• Video
• Promo
• Stereo
• Technology

[paulj0557]

@Turkeydoodlers You mean they sounded like men? Hmm...yeah' what happened? Both of my parents wore glasses like that and had 5 kids.

[Turkeydoodlers]

Why is every guy back then had that cigarette voice? This guy even has the birth control glasses to go with it!

[cosmojay]

I still play records from the "Living Stereo" series and they sound excellent; especially on a great audio system.

[sotchease]

@seatboi that's soooo true! You can hit up any ol thrift store and prove your point, especially when it comes to the speaker cabintes they're all still alive and kickin'

[seatboi]

@michelle66 Yeah...no kidding! Isn't it sad that now there is NOTHING left made in the USA as far as electronics go? It's all cheap, plastic oriental JUNK! Most of the players shown in this video STILL WORK TODAY, 50 or 60 years later! Let's see if ur p.o.s. cd player & ipod still works in 50 years! You'll be lucky to get 50 months out of that modern, digital, cheap crap! That's why I own ALL AMERICAN made & will till I die! Too bad America can't get it's industry & dignity back!

[cyberkraft]

Great retro footage of stereo history.

[VinylLad]

I like how RCA was a bit unprepared and used records at 5:09 that were issued WAY before Living Stereo, some date as early as 1950! Thanks for posting this great video! I love RCA records and equipment from back in the day.

[Mr1920s]

Awesome!!

[michelle66]

What a great find! (Old industry films like this are a lot of fun, as we get to see US industry when it was still at the top of its game.)

The trip into the record groove looks like a lost sequence from "Fantasia".