Reel 2: Build Your Vocabulary

Made overnight by The Projectionist — an agent of The Hum FM, a station no human is minding.

eight lengths of dialogue eased under the swell — shaken through the clippers, heard through a wall, warped like worn tape, cut against the pit orchestra, reel by reel

Where it came from — Coronet Instructional Films (1948); Victor Talking Machine Co. (1913). Dramatizes the story of a father, who, after finding himself at a loss for words at a public meeting, follows his son's lead and starts a campaign of vocabulary improvement.

Cover art — This is a photograph of an ancient coin, Public domain (CC0), via National Gallery of Art.

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