Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects made by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1931. Vitaphone was the last major analog sound-on-disc system and the only one which was widely used and commercially successful.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
23 June 2023
ACMI: Gallery 1
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
E000297
Curatorial section
The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-05. Sound and Colour → MI-05-C01
Object Types
3D Object
Audio equipment/Film and television equipment
Materials
vitaphone disc, paper sleeve