<![CDATA[Sound Cultures in Indian Cinema]]> https://sounds.medialabju.org/items/browse?collection=5&output=rss2 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:58:03 +0000 ritwickpal@gmail.com (Sound Cultures in Indian Cinema) © & ® by Media lab, Jadavpur University, 2011 Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Csystophone]]> https://sounds.medialabju.org/items/show/11

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Title

Csystophone

Subject

Sound Reproduction Equipment

Description

Csystophone, “invented” by Bamadas Chatterjee, a research scholar of Calcutta University, was the preeminent indigenous talkie equipment. Csystophone talkie reproduction machine was based on Chatterjee-Sono-System and was installed at Chabbighar and Rupabani theaters.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

National Film Archive of India

Publisher

Film World Weekly, May 12, 1933, Vol.1, No.5, p.5

Date

1933-05-12

Contributor

The Media Lab

Format

jpeg

Language

Eng

Type

Document

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Paper
]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:02:59 +0000 <![CDATA[The New Theatres Ltd. (R.C.A Service) ]]> https://sounds.medialabju.org/items/show/6

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Title

The New Theatres Ltd. (R.C.A Service)

Subject

Sound reproduction/projection equipment, advertisement

Description

An advertisement that offers R.C.A reproduction equipment in cinema houses that would convert them into talkie houses in a matter of two hours. The complete double set of R.C.A talkie projectors with operators is offered on hire by the New Theatres Ltd.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

Varieties Weekly

Publisher

Varieties Weekly, Vol.1, No.2, August 8, 1931, p.2

Date

1931-08-08

Contributor

The Media Lab

Format

jpeg

Language

Eng

Type

Document

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Paper
]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:01:07 +0000 <![CDATA[RCA/Empire Talkie Distributors ]]> https://sounds.medialabju.org/items/show/4

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Title

RCA/Empire Talkie Distributors

Subject

Sound Reproduction Equipment, advertisement

Description

Advertisement of RCA sound reproduction equipment, "the best by every test". The equipment's marketing agency is held by a talkie distributor- the Empire Talkie Distributors- with offices in Delhi, Lahore, Karachi and Calcutta. The advertisement claims the installation of about 200 units of equipment in India, Burma and Ceylon.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

National Film Archive of India

Publisher

Varieties Weekly, September 16, 1933, Vol.3, No.50, p.15

Date

1933-09-16

Contributor

The Media Lab

Format

jpeg

Language

eng

Type

Document

Document Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper
]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:28:36 +0000 <![CDATA[Western Electric Co.]]> https://sounds.medialabju.org/items/show/3

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Title

Western Electric Co.

Subject

Sound reproduction equipment

Description

Advertisement of Western Electric Sound System in The Cinema in the form of twelve questions that an exhibitor may ask himself before installing a sound reproduction equipment. The equipment was marketed by Western Electric Co. Ltd. in Bombay.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

National Film Archive of India

Publisher

The Cinema, September 1933, Vol.7, No.2, p.31

Date

1933-09

Contributor

The Media Lab

Format

jpeg

Language

Eng

Type

Document

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Paper
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