Anyone remember the Scopitone juke box?

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We had one of these in the Chief’s Mess at Rosy Rhodes, P.R. in 1971. If I recall correctly it was 50 cents a song, a lot in '71.

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Here’s a link: Rise and Fall of the Scopitone Jukebox : NPR

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Aaa, you baby boomers think you invented everything. Check this out:
Mills Panoram Jukebox, 1941

These were all over the place during and just after WW2. They played 3 minute reels called Soundies. Because the Panoram showed the picture in a mirror, the reels were all printed with the picture and titles “flopped.”

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I haven’t seen the machine that plays them, but I do have several Scopitone videos on tape that were shown on Much Music by Terry David Mulligan, back in the mid-'90s. Interesting stuff!

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They were a bit before my time so I don’t remember them. Still, here’s an interesting 2004 article about Scopitone shorts from the Film Threat website.

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Back in the day (insert geezer voice here) when AMC actually showed classic movies instead of “RoboCop 47” over and over again, they had a “drive-in” movie show on late on Fridays or Saturdays. Monster flicks, beach party movies, etc. They would show old Scopitones, too - I clearly remember the one for “The Night Has A Thousand Eyes”. I thought it was pretty cool.

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