{{short description|1935 film}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = Audioscopiks | image = Audioscopiks FilmPoster.jpeg | caption = Film poster | director = Jacob Leventhal<br>John Norling | producer = Pete Smith | writer = | narrator = Pete Smith | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | released = {{Film date|1935|12|26}}<ref>{{cite book|title=3-D movies: A History and Filmography Of Stereoscopic Cinema|year=1998|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-786-40578-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/3dmovies00rmha/page/134 134]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/3dmovies00rmha/page/134}}</ref> | runtime = 8 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}
'''''Audioscopiks''''' is a 1935 American short documentary film directed by Jacob F. Leventhal and John A. Norling. The main point of the short was to show off 3-D film technology. The film was nominated for an Academy Award at the 8th Academy Awards in 1935 for Best Short Subject (Novelty).<ref name="Oscars1936">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936 |title=The 8th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=August 7, 2011|work=oscars.org| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093707/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/8th-winners.html| archivedate=July 6, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300644/Audioscopiks/details |title=New York Times: Audioscopiks |accessdate=June 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520040903/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300644/Audioscopiks/details |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
This was MGM's first film in 3-D, filmed using the red-green anaglyph process, with prints produced by Technicolor. Current prints appear to have faded to a crimson-cyan color, causing ghosting to occur when viewed. ''Audioscopiks'' was followed by ''The New Audioscopiks'' (1938), and by ''Third Dimensional Murder'' (1941).
==Synopsis== Audience members are given a lesson on how 3-Dimensional movies are made. After being taught about 3-D, patrons are then instructed to put on their 3-D glasses. They are then given a demonstration of 3-D with various objects moving towards the camera, including a ladder, a baseball being thrown and a woman on a swing. Smith narrates each short clip, most being 20 seconds or less.
==Cast== * Pete Smith as Narrator (voice)
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0026086|title=Audioscopiks}} * {{tcmdb title|id=400672}}
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