movietone

基本解释

Fox began making feature films with the Movietone system in 1928.
1928年，福克斯开始制作具有这一特色的有声电影。
Later in 1948, 20th Century-Fox Movietone News began to telecast the news.
到了1948年晚期，20世纪福克斯电影新闻公司就开始采用电视的形式播出。
Studio founder William Fox pays $60,000 for the system, which he renames Movietone.
摄影之父，威廉姆-福克斯，花了60.;000美元买下了这套系统，并且把它重新命名为“有声电影”。
Movietone soon became associated with newsreels, which captured newsworthy events on film and created a valuable historical record in the process.
有声电影很快与新闻影片挂钩，通过电影报道重大的事件。这也是电影发展的一个历史性进步。
As a child he was fascinated by the black-and-white Movietone newsreels that played in the cinema's during the second world war.
小时候他痴迷于二战期间电影院里播放的黑白短片。