Hovoří kandidát na prezidenta Calvin Coolidge.
Natočeno 11. 8. 1924 (Cabinet Room, White House). Vydalo Arco v roce 1924 (flexi disk, 2 min.). K poslechu zde.
Lit.: JiHoon, Suk: Here is another great item from the Jack Stanley collection.. In Facebook, 3. 3. 2023 (status) – Cit.: Here is another great item from the Jack Stanley collection – a very rare 4 3/4″ flexible disc made out of celluloid, containing a short speech by President Calvin Coolidge. Issued by a company named ARCO, located at 96 Fifth Ave., N.Y.C. This is quite historically significant, as this is also a very early example of a commercial electrical recording.
Contemporary newspaper accounts, as well as a couple of examples appeared on online auctions over the years indicate that this recording was recorded at the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 11th, 1924, using the Pallophotophone process, although I am not so sure who exactly was behind this recording. The back side of the disc contains a truncated rendition of „Stars and Stripes Forever March“ played by Sousa’s Band, which is actually lifted from Victor 16777-A, (take 16, recorded on December 13th, 1912). (…)
It is quite ironic that despite his nickname „Silent Cal“, Coolidge’s voice has left many marks in the history of modern media, as he was the first president to be featured on a talkie (DeForest Phonofilm), the first president to broadcast the inauguration speech nationwide, and also the first president to record his voice electrically.