# Audioscopiks

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{{short description|1935 film}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Audioscopiks
| image	         = Audioscopiks FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = Jacob Leventhal<br>John Norling
| producer       = [Pete Smith](/source/Pete_Smith_(film_producer))
| writer         =
| narrator       = Pete Smith
| cinematography =
| editing        =
| distributor    = [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/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](/source/short_film) [documentary film](/source/documentary_film) directed by Jacob F. Leventhal and John A. Norling. The main point of the short was to show off [3-D film](/source/3-D_film) technology. The film was nominated for an [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Award) at the [8th Academy Awards](/source/8th_Academy_Awards) in 1935 for [Best Short Subject (Novelty)](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Live_Action_Short_Film).<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](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

This was [MGM](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)'s first film in 3-D, filmed using the red-green [anaglyph](/source/anaglyph_image) process, with prints produced by [Technicolor](/source/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](/source/The_New_Audioscopiks)'' (1938), and by ''[Third Dimensional Murder](/source/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](/source/Pete_Smith_(film_producer)) as Narrator (voice)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0026086|title=Audioscopiks}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=400672}}

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Category:1935 films
Category:1935 short documentary films
Category:1930s 3D films
Category:1935 English-language films
Category:3D short films
Category:3D documentary films
Category:American short documentary films
Category:Black-and-white documentary films
Category:Films produced by Pete Smith (film producer)
Category:Documentary films about the film industry
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
Category:1935 American films
Category:English-language short documentary films

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