Summary

Nature of Sound, The

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Title: Nature of Sound, The
File Number: DN-SLB-055 Beta SP; PA-0097 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Educational
Year: 1948
Description: 08:15:00 SHOWS HOW PHIL USING HIS AMATEUR RADIO EQUIPMENT TO DEMONSTRATE TO JIMMY THE NATURE OF SOUND. DEMONSTRATES THE VARIOUS MEDIA WHICH TRANSMIT SOUND, THE WAVES OF COMPRESSED & EXPANDED AIR LEAVING A RINGING BELL, THE REFLECTION OF SOUND, THE SPEED OF SOUND & THE CHARACTERISTIC WAVES OF SOUND. main street of small town camera follows cars down street, then moves across street to where teen boy is leaning against a fence Med shot of teen leaning against fence siren goes off boy jumps Med shot - boy stands next to railroad tracks as siren goes off and guardrails go down.(09:46:19) CU of train moving along tracks - blurry lots of examples of how sound travels med wide, overhead view of movie set two men working on set CU of oscilloscope showing voice waveforms CU of waveform more CU of waveform
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