Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
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Gaumont Chronophone

Date:

1906

Material:

Shellac

Dimensions:

10 in. (25 cm)

Company:

Gaumont Film Company

Location:

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

A sound-on-disc record for Gaumont's Chronophone system, which synchronized a gramophone with a movie projector for short films, most of which were musical performances. The system used a compressed-air amplifier, which made it loud enough to fill a theater. The records were 78 rpm, meaning they held about three minutes of sound, so the player had two turntables, which allowed the projectionist to queue up the next record for a seamless transition.

10 in. shellac sound track disc labeled Etablissements Gaumont
Gaumont Chronophone
Kenneth Lu (CC BY 2.0)
L'Illustration Journal Universel, 11 January, 1908