George Robert Groves was born on the 13th December, 1901.
57 Duke Street in St.Helens, Lancashire, England where George Groves was born. Note the BFI plaque.
George Groves' father, George Alfred Groves, was a master barber with two salons in St.Helens.
George as a young boy in St.Helens with his Aunt Jennie.
George's father, George Alfred Groves, conducting the band of the 5th South Lancashire regiment.
George about eighteen years old. By now he was studying at Liverpool University.
George graduating in 1922 with an honours degree in engineering.
George graduating in 1922 with an honours degree in engineering.
The letter sent to George regarding an interview with Dr. Harold Arnold - wrongly addressed to Bernard Grove.
George Groves in New York taken in 1925.
Central Y.M.C.A. where George lived in New York. Picture taken by George c.1925.
George inherited his mother's artistic skills and created pen and ink sketches.
The exterior of Bell Labs in New York where George worked from December 1923.
Western Electric Research Labs engineers pictured in September 1924. George is front row, 2nd from right.
George Groves inspecting a wax disc on a disc-cutting machine at the Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn in 1925.
A Western Electric soft wax recording machine.
Early Western Electric belt driven wax recording machine. Photograph taken in 1925.
George Groves playing the French horn. He used it on some experimental sound films made at Bell Labs.
The set for a short in the Vitagraph studios in 1925 - cameras have been removed from their booths for the photo.
The set for a Vitaphone short at the Manhattan Opera House.
Posters promoting Vitaphone and Don Juan and the accompanying shorts which George recorded.
The crowd queuing for Don Juan in 1926 take time out for a photo opportunity!
A billboard in New York advertises Don Juan, the first feature to have a synchronised score.
A 16” Vitaphone disc, 1" thick. The life of the shellac discs were limited to just 20 plays.
Jack Warner quoted in Associated Press claiming that talkies would never be popular (see text)
A Vitaphone set for a George Jessel short at the Manhattan Opera House in 1926 - a microphone/CTA are suspended from rope and pulleys
Western Electric 15-A Theater Horns using 555-W driving units with frequency range of 100-5000hz and output of 10 watts (1926).
George Groves' Vitaphone pass which he used whilst employed in New York.
The Dormitory Show at the Brooklyn Y.M.C.A. where George stayed while in New York - he is on the front row, extreme right.