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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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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

His father, Sol, was a cinematographer for Fox Movietone News.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2023

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

Although Polanski never directed Caine, both men appear as themselves in Peter Whitehead’s 1967 documentary Tonite Let’s All Make Love In London, as well as this retroactively horrifying-for-many-reasons British Movietone newsreel about the Polanski-Tate wedding:

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2018

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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