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Movietone

British  
/ ˈmuːvɪˌtəʊn /

noun

  1. the earliest technique of including a soundtrack on film

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But the U.K. branch of the polyglot style sometimes called post-rock included Bristol groups such as Movietone and Crescent, who mixed and matched dub rhythms, folk instrumentation, and electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Wadia initially cast her in small roles in films produced by his studio Wadia Movietone, which he ran with his brother Homi.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2024

In 1948, N-B-C T-V began airing its first nightly newscast, “The Camel Newsreel Theatre,” which consisted of Fox Movietone newsreels.

From Washington Times Feb. 16, 2021

The studio, originally known as Movietone City, opened to great fanfare in October 1928 and was hailed as “the newest, largest, and most completely equipped plant for the production of motion pictures in the world.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 8, 2019

People accustomed to reading comparatively dry rehashes of events were now enthralled by vivid scenes rolling across the new Movietone newsreels.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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