# Need some royalty-free vocal samples **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-royalty-free-vocal-samples/208420 "2003-10-19T23:27:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-royalty-free-vocal-samples/208420/1 "2003-10-19T23:27:11Z")
I’m looking for some vocal sound samples of a rather specific type - snippets from old-style radio and TV ads - sort of 1950s (not 20s)-style (usually male) voice extolling the virtues of some product or other. Does anyone know where I can download some of these for free? - they must be public domain. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-royalty-free-vocal-samples/208420/2 "2003-10-20T07:17:21Z")
If you feel like taking the sound from movie files, the [Prelinger Archive](http://www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php) is a great place to start. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-royalty-free-vocal-samples/208420/3 "2003-10-20T07:35:44Z")
Thanks for that; they also have a section on advertising that looks like it will fit the bill exactly.