160 Free Old Sound Effects - Most Popular
Typewriter #4
I write very slowly on the typewriter. A "Hermes Precisa 305". UCS Category: COMType. Length: 00:13.
Socotel low ringtone #2
4 weak rings from an old Socotel S63 type phone. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:26.
Rotary dial #2
Dialing my own cell phone number on an old Socotel S63 rotary dial phone. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:19.
Phone picked up #2
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we picked up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Heidelberg printing press #3
Sound of a Heidelberg printing press. Recorded at “La Platine,” a traditional print shop in Marseille (France) founded nearly 25 years ago by Odile Coulange and sadly closed in 2024..
Captured during the printing of the book Carnaval by illustrator Rémi, this sound file was generously donated to the Museum of Lost Sounds on BigSoundBank by Mireille B.
Some footage of the machine. UCS Category: MACHInd. Length: 00:27.
Heidelberg printing press #4
Sound of a Heidelberg printing press. Recorded at “La Platine,” a traditional print shop in Marseille (France) founded nearly 25 years ago by Odile Coulange and sadly closed in 2024..
Captured during the printing of the book Carnaval by illustrator Rémi, this sound file was generously donated to the Museum of Lost Sounds on BigSoundBank by Mireille B.
Some footage of the machine. UCS Category: MACHInd. Length: 00:16.
Trigger of camera #3
A trigger from an old film camera. Kodak Six-20 Brownie C. It was assembled in Great Britain from 1946 to 1953. UCS Category: COMCam. Length: 00:01.
Starting crank
Crank starting of a 1903 De Dion-Bouton Type Q. UCS Category: MOTRAntq. Length: 00:13.
Mechanical alarm clock, ring #4
Mechanical ringing of an little old alarm clock. UCS Category: ALRMClok. Length: 00:09.
Mechanical alarm clock, ring #5
Mechanical ringing of an little old alarm clock. UCS Category: ALRMClok. Length: 00:10.
Mechanical alarm clock, ring #7
Mechanical ringing of an little old alarm clock. UCS Category: ALRMClok. Length: 00:11.
8mm Camera #1
Operation of a 1963 AGFA Movex Automatic II camera. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:12.
Old doorbell #4
Mechanical ringing of an old telephone, but which could very well be that of a house entrance. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:03.
Old doorbell #5
Mechanical ringing of an old telephone, but which could very well be that of a house entrance. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:03.
Old doorbell #9
Mechanical ringing of an old telephone, but which could very well be that of a house entrance. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:04.
Old doorbell #10
Mechanical ringing of an old telephone, but which could very well be that of a house entrance. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:06.
Socotel average ringtones #2
4 average rings from an old Socotel S63 type telephone. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:26.
Phone hung up #1
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we hang up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Pendulum mechanism #2
Sound of a pendulum mechanism when it strikes. It didn't work until I fixed it. UCS Category: CLOCKMech. Length: 00:19.
Phone booth hung up #1
I hang up the receiver of the last telephone box still in operation in metropolitan France. It is in Murbach (68). UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Coffee grinder #2
Noise of an old coffee grinder with a crank. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:30.
Mechanical alarm clock, ring #3
Mechanical ringing of an little old alarm clock. UCS Category: ALRMClok. Length: 00:07.
Mechanical alarm clock, ring #6
Mechanical ringing of an little old alarm clock. UCS Category: ALRMClok. Length: 00:09.
8mm Camera #2
Operation of a 1963 AGFA Movex Automatic II camera. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:17.
Heidelberg printing press #2
Sound of a Heidelberg printing press. Recorded at “La Platine,” a traditional print shop in Marseille (France) founded nearly 25 years ago by Odile Coulange and sadly closed in 2024..
Captured during the printing of the book Carnaval by illustrator Rémi, this sound file was generously donated to the Museum of Lost Sounds on BigSoundBank by Mireille B.
Some footage of the machine. UCS Category: MACHInd. Length: 00:09.
Old squeaky stroller #1
Doll stroller, old style metal grating. Pushed slowly. UCS Category: OBJWhled. Length: 00:31.
Old squeaky stroller #3
Doll stroller, old style metal grating. UCS Category: OBJWhled. Length: 00:16.
16mm Camera #1
16mm camera H16 Reflex of Manufacturer Bolex Paillard (1956). https://www.bolexcollector.com/cameras/h16reflex.html. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:32.
Barn lock, unlocking
Noise from a barn door lock that is unlocked. UCS Category: DOORHdwr. Length: 00:04.
Phone picked up #3
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we picked up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Old squeaky stroller #2
Doll stroller, old style metal grating. Pushed rapidly. UCS Category: OBJWhled. Length: 00:09.
Heidelberg printing press #7
Sound of a Heidelberg printing press. Recorded at “La Platine,” a traditional print shop in Marseille (France) founded nearly 25 years ago by Odile Coulange and sadly closed in 2024..
Captured during the printing of the book Carnaval by illustrator Rémi, this sound file was generously donated to the Museum of Lost Sounds on BigSoundBank by Mireille B.
Some footage of the machine. UCS Category: MACHInd. Length: 01:26.
Coffee grinder
Old hand-crank coffee grinder (5 crank turns). UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:04.
Pendulum mechanism #1
Sound of a pendulum mechanism when it strikes. It didn't work until I fixed it. UCS Category: CLOCKMech. Length: 00:17.
Pendulum mechanism #3
Sound of a pendulum mechanism when it strikes. It didn't work until I fixed it. UCS Category: CLOCKMech. Length: 00:05.
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