Yesterday, Hoxsie shared a link about the re-creation of the pallophotophone, also known as the RCA photophone, which was developed in Schenectady (you may have heard of it – it’s the Electric City!) in 1927 to provide a soundtrack on moving picture film. But you didn’t click on that link, did you? Well, now you have to look at the video. Hoxsie will just wait here, patiently.
And after you’ve done that, in a totally non-Schenectady related video, you might really really enjoy this demonstration of the recording of a wax cylinder at the Edison Museum. At least, I really really enjoyed it: