The shift from silent to sound film at the end of the 1920s marks, so far, the most important transformation in motion picture history.

20世纪20年代末无声电影向有声电影的转变标志着迄今为止电影史上最重要的转变。

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Like all films at the time, The Kid was made in black and white and was silent (made without any sound, not even the characters talking).

就像当时所有的电影一样，《寻子遇仙记》是黑白的，而且是无声的（没有任何声音，甚至连角色都不说话）。

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Bering remembers waking to the tinkle of these bells, a small but distinct sound in an otherwise silent house.

白令记得自己是被这些叮当声唤醒的。在一间寂静的屋子里，风铃的声音柔和而清晰。

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It features more than 1, 400 images from horror, sci-fi, comedy, silent, sound, and black-and-white monster movies that run a gamut of categorization: Vampires, Werewolves, Atomic Mutations, Human Monsters, and Scary Older Ladies.

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Clean, silent, (well, OK, a high-pitched whistling sound), uses no fuel whatsoever, except hydrogen, the most plentiful element on the planet, and emits only water vapor.

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Because of the camera's silent electronic shutter, you won't need to deal with a rapid-fire shutter sound either.

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