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sound film

a motion picture with synchronized sound
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sound film
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Summary

sound film is a film genre[1]. It draws 6,103 Wikipedia views per month (film genre category, ranking #47 of 242).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: film[3]
  • Commons category: Sound film[4]
  • Opposite of: silent film[5]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[6]

Why It Matters

sound film has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

film film genre

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Marksscheider · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en',
    Sitelink count → 52
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q25491638 */"
  2. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → sound-motion-pictures
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: sound-motion-pictures, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960389|sound motion pictures (#289960389)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0208748-zvukovy-film, 0441423-zvukove-filmy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0208748-zvukovy-film, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  4. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 29617, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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