Mike, a vintage films collector near Harrisburg, PA, contributes the following info:

"Soundies were, indeed, the music videos of their day. Running about three minutes in length on motion picture film, they ranged in subject matter from big bands and vocals to dance routines and novelty acts. The era of the Soundies began in 1941 and was over by 1948. Highly collectible today, Soundies were rear-screen projected in jukebox type machines, most notable of which was the Mill's Panoram. A dime deposited in the machine would activate a projection device to show a three minute musical treat."

The following Soundies featuring the Three Suns are known to exist. The original prints were mirror-flip reversed to correctly display on the rear-projection units. Compilations of individual Soundies as released by Official Films weren't flipped, apparently distributed for standard 16mm projection:

  • MUSICAL CARAVAN: Soundies Musical Film Revue
    featuring "Caravan," "Tico Tico," and "My Heart Tells Me" (Artie Dunn, vocal)
  • SWINGING THE CLASSICS: Soundies Musical Film Revue
    featuring "William Tell Overture" (9/4/44); "The Anvil Chorus" (5/22/44); and "Song of India"
  • Soundies presents "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (Artie Dunn, vocal)
  • Soundies presents "Stalingrad" (4/17/44)
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