Before MTV: The Promotional Film

The decades before the clip took over: Panoram Soundies, coin-op Scopitone reels, Beatles promo films and the BBC pop-promo trade.

Playlist by @music_video_birth

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. 1982: The POP VIDEO Era Has Arrived | Riverside | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive — BBC Archive
2. The Strange World of Early Music Videos — Polyphonic
3. Soundies: Jazz And Jive (1940s) | Early Music Videos — Reelblack One
4. The MTV of the 1940s: “Strip Polka” | Luba Malina | Restored Soundies — Footage Bank
5. The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye Promo Video Outtake [Version 3, Take 4] Remastered 11/10/1967 — 12String Productions
6. The Beatles - Day Tripper (InterTel Promo Version 2) [COLORIZED] 11/23/1965 — 12String Productions
7. Web of Love: '60s "Scopitone" Music Video (Oddball Film / BB Video) — Boing Boing Video
8. Scopitone Model 450 Video Jukebox | Circa 1960 | BMIGaming.com Historical Amusement Series — BMI Gaming / BMIGaming
9. 1939 MILLS NOVELTY CO. PANORAM SOUNDIES — Jon Torrence - The Torrence Collection
10. AFRICAN AMERICAN SOUNDIES 1940s MUSIC VIDEOS CAB CALLOWAY LOUIS ARMSTRONG FATS WALLER XD38984c — PeriscopeFilm