The Soundman (1950)
• January 13th, 1950 • 0h 10min
Documentary
Overview
This short on movie sound men starts with a short history of sound in the movies. We then see how the different jobs in the sound department contribute to the finished film. They start with the technicians, who record the original sounds, and end with the re-recording mixer who takes several different tracks and blends them into a single soundtrack. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division in 2012.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Prices Unlimited
Released on: 1944-03-16
War, Comedy, Documentary
Two young women, frustrated by war rationing, have a dream illustrating the likely results on prices...
Why Korea?
Released on: 1950-12-31
Documentary
This film examines the reasons why the United States decided to engage in the Korean War. Scenes des...
Hats Off to Hollywood
Released on: 1972-08-26
Documentary
Picking up the story first presented in I Don’t Know (1970), Hats Off to Hollywood (1972) brazenly a...
Number Our Days
Released on: 1976-01-01
Documentary
Based on the book by anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff, this Academy Award-winning short documentary o...
Thursday's Children
Released on: 1954-05-01
Documentary
Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at...
3rd Ave. El
Released on: 1955-01-01
Documentary
Impressionistic picture of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan, New York City, before it ...
The True Story of the Civil War
Released on: 1956-12-22
Documentary
Documentary short about the American Civil War. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Exploratorium
Released on: 1974-01-01
Documentary
An Oscar-nominated film with no narration showing the Exploratorium (The Palace of Arts and Science)...
Naked Yoga
Released on: 1974-01-01
Documentary
Three young ladies perform yoga without clothes in the open air of Cyprus. Another does the same in ...
Conquest of Light
Released on: 1975-06-07
Documentary
Examines the mesmerising construction of clear crystal glass pieces created by the craftsmen of Wate...
T Is for Tumbleweed
Released on: 1958-11-11
Documentary
T Is for Tumbleweed is a 1958 English-language short film directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen, starring ...
Project Hope
Released on: 1961-01-01
Documentary
Documenting the maiden voyage of the SS Hope, a hospital ship operated by Project HOPE, where it bro...
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
Released on: 1961-01-01
Documentary
An atmospheric tribute to the genius of Welsh poet and dramatist Dylan Thomas, using many of the win...
Casals Conducts: 1964
Released on: 1964-01-01
Documentary, Music
While at his workshop in Puerto Rico, Pablo Casals prepares to conduct a Bach suite for a concert pe...
Children Without
Released on: 1965-10-01
Documentary
Children Without is a 1964 American short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim, about a y...
The Art Director
Released on: 1949-11-12
Documentary
A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This s...
Steel Town
Released on: 1944-01-01
Documentary
Documentary examining the steel industry in Youngstown, Ohio during World War II. Focuses on steel p...
Not a Pretty Picture
Released on: 1976-01-03
Crime, Drama, Documentary
Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.
I Be Done Been Was Is
Released on: 1983-01-01
Documentary
A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy ...
Burden of Dreams
Released on: 1982-10-01
Documentary
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director We...