How was sound recorded on the battlefield during ww2?

I have seen many ww2 battlefield films (history channel, discovery etc.) that were shot in color (16mm and 35mm) and had sound. How was the sound recorded back then? What type of equipment was used? The sounds from the guns often sound very clear. Just had me wondering.How was sound recorded on the battlefield during ww2?
Most of it is added later, some much later, recording for the Allies was virtually limited to direct to phonograph disc recording, wire recorders were available 鈥?but were not of broadcast quality, the Germans had developed magnetic tape recording.



You will quite often notice that tank track noises and aircraft engines are similar on those documentaries, although some effort is made to make machine guns sound different.
You have a very smart observation. "The sounds from the guns often sound very clear."

You can become a history authenticity detective.



Sound-recording technology existed, of course, but quality of sound recordings would be way better if they were recorded in a studio or indoors with controlled conditions. Any recordings from outdoors would sound "messy" with poor intonation, and plenty of "noise" from any movement of air, wind...You can see the difference between an outdoor speech recording compared to the sound in movies from that era (Gone with the wind, Wizard of Oz, etc). If you see a film of outdoor activity and very clean clear prim-and-proper hi-fi sound of guns, you know that is studio sound-effects added to the same film.



I've even heard that some famous clips of what was supposed to be WW1 were actually from Hollywood, and presented to gullible students. Not everything that is presented to us is accurate and authentic. Real conditions there could have been much worse, or simply different in some respects, and other ones could just be re-enactments or fabrications, with or without some bias added.



Keep on watching and determining what is true and authentic, and identify what is added or fabricated.How was sound recorded on the battlefield during ww2?
In most cases when you see ww2 combat footage, whether it's in color or b%26amp;w, the sound is recorded in a studio and added to the film afterwards. You can easily see this for example from naval battles, where you see a ship firing it's main guns in the distance and the sound can be heard right away (sound only travels in air some 330m/s so there should be a delay of atleast a few seconds from seeing the blast and hearing the noise).
Well they did have microphones back then just like we do now. And the sound probably went to a tapemor record player. I dont know the exact details though. If you see a Hitler Or Stalin speech, youl see they speak into a microphoneHow was sound recorded on the battlefield during ww2?
Recording was done in several ways - some onto disks, some onto film. Same technique as was used in the movies.

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