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Michael Feinsteins American Songbook  Time Machines

Michael Feinstein explores how films and recordings capture and alter our musical past. Details

 

Program: Michael Feinsteins American Songbook

Episode: Time Machines

Michael Feinstein visits film collector Mark Cantor who demonstrates his Panoram machine, which was used to play 'Soundies' in the 1940s. Soundies were the original music videos, a kind of motion picture juke box installed in bars and restaurants that offered short musical films of all the popular talents of the era.

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Duration: (6:05)
Premiere Date: 02/03/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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