MARCH OF TIME - IN THE GROOVE - The History Of The Phonograph Industry. 

Genuinely interesting presentation. Thanks much!

3:49 A Victor IV horn phonograph in mahogany. 4:45 Though blurry, it appears to be a Victor III with wood horn.

Originally released in 1949. Narrated by Westbrook Van Voohris.

I think that was the Corn Cobblers, a Spike Jones type group knock-off. In the 1980's some of the boys were playing for Oktoberfest in the German band at Schwabische Albe in Warren, NJ.

Many familiar faces in this edition of March of Time, not least of all Eddy Duchin looking quite serious as a pose to Eddy Duchin in the Vitaphone shorts in the early 30's who looked flamboyant and handsome with a killer smile.

The segment about The Original Dixieland Jazz band was historically innacurate if they were trying to show what the recording session was like in 1917. Whereas the 1936 microphones had no trouble dealing with a full drum kit including a bass drum, which you see on the segment, indeed, in live gigs the band WOULD use the bass drum, the original 1917 session banned the bass drum as it would cause the needle to jump out of the groove it was supposed to be recording.

thanks for sharing .:)

Looks like a very young Buddy Rich, sitting in with Eddie Condon and his "Nixieland" musicians.

An interesting yet over simplification to the point of many inaccuracies of a brief history of the record industry. The more accurate history is actually much more interesting, which includes collusion on the part of the two major record labels (e.g., the use of the microphone in 1925 between Columbia and Victor including not to disclose to the public until 1926, and the 45/LP in 1945 by Columbia and RCA), something that today would most likely be illegal. There was no doubt in 1949 that the longer playing vinyl records, which were cheaper to buy, resistant to breakage, and far lighter to carry, would win over the shellac 78. What is interesting is that it took over 10 years for the US record industry to phase out the 78 altogether.

Great video. I love how most of the bebop fans look like they're on the nod. Was that intentional? lol

What was the date of the broadcast!

And not a single black musician until Ella Fitzgerald appears at the end!

Why the watermarks? Disgraceful.

I also noticed the lack of black musicians until the end. To leave out Louis Armstrong is disgraceful