Research in Film and History (Nov 2018)

Sonic Icons: Prominent Moments of Cinematic Self-Reflexivity

  • Pauleit, Winfried

DOI
https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/14812
Journal volume & issue
no. New Approaches
pp. 1 – 45

Abstract

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History produces sound recordings. And sound recordings shape history in turn. This interrelationship is clearly attested to in recordings of historical voices, such as that of John F. Kennedy’s speech before the Schöneberger Rathaus in Berlin on June 26, 1963. Sections of this recording have taken on a life of their own, becoming iconic sound bites over the course of their frequent rebroadcasting, not least Kennedy’s famous phrase “Ich bin ein Berliner”.

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