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August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film.
Theodore W. Case and E. I. Sponable demonstrate their sound-on-film experiments to William Fox of the Fox Film Corporation. The Fox-Case Corp. was formed in an effort to exploit the system, which was given the name Movietone. Fox began to create Movietone News newsreels at this time. One of the first newsreels was Charles Lindbergh's takeoff for Paris.
Al Jolson films A Plantation Act one of the first unreleased talkies and a test film for The Jazz Singer
The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called The Adventures of Prince Achmed.

Films released in 1926 include:

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 ==Events==
-*August - [[Warner Brothers]] debuts the first [[Vitaphone]] film, ''[[Don Juan]]''. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33&#8531; rpm [[gramophone record|disc records]] developed by [[Bell Labs|Bell Telephone Laboratories]] and [[Western Electric]] to play back audio synchronized with film.
+*August - [[Warner Brothers]] debuts the first [[Vitaphone]] film, ''[[Don Juan]]''. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm [[gramophone record|disc records]] developed by [[Bell Labs|Bell Telephone Laboratories]] and [[Western Electric]] to play back audio synchronized with film.
 *[[Theodore W. Case]] and [[E. I. Sponable]] demonstrate their sound-on-film experiments to [[Wilhelm Fried|William Fox]] of the [[Fox Film Corporation]]. The Fox-Case Corp. was formed in an effort to exploit the system, which was given the name [[Movietone]]. Fox began to create [[Movietone News]] newsreels at this time. One of the first newsreels was [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s takeoff for [[Paris]].
 *[[Al Jolson]] films [[A Plantation Act]] one of the first unreleased talkies and a test film for [[The Jazz Singer]]