– Why do older movies/shows/news/recordings have a much different “tone” of voice and feel to them? Like if you watch old movies like “It’s a Wonderful Life” or hear any of Kennedy/FDR’s speeches, it sounds so different than the voices on tv today?

Question

Sorry for the awful explanation…

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Answer 1

Also noteworthy.

In europe most tv’s used PAL standard. which runs at 25 frames per second. Americans used a 30 Frames per second standard (NTSC)

As a result a lot of american series were sped up by 4% when displayed in europe. Which gave a slight but notable higher pitch to voices. (could be adjusted in processing, but often wasn’t )