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kinetophone (n.)

A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.

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A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.

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The kinetophone was a significant milestone in the history of cinema, combining moving pictures with synchronized sound.

The first kinetophone was created in 1894 by Thomas Edison and William Kennedy Dickson and featured a synchronized phonograph to play audio.

The kinetophone had a brief lifespan due to the technical limitations of the time and the emergence of superior sound-on-film technology.

Despite its short-lived popularity, the kinetophone paved the way for the development of the modern motion picture industry.