Soundproof Room (1953)

Soundproof room. The Post Office Engineering Research Station carries out tests to reduce noise in telephone earpieces. Location of events unknown. M/S man sat in electric chair in padded room, camera pans up and down him and across to a loudspeaker. C/U wall made from fibreglass in muslin bags. L/S as the door opens and a man walks in. Various shots as the man attaches microphone and other instruments to the other man’s head and ears. C/U of the man’s ear, with needle sticking into it. M/S man working controls and amplifier. M/S man checking controls and writing in book. C/U Cathode-ray shows screen sequences moving across it. L/S man seated in soundproof room. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more