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human
ELI5: In old videos from the 1940s, did people really talk slower than now or is it the recording that makes it slowed down?

I am watching a documentary about the nazi's and when they show old footage of anyone giving a speech they are talking very slow.
gpt
Politicians to this day have a certain way of speaking, taking it clause-by-clause with lots of pauses.  This is partly to lend importance to their speech; and partly because in public speaking, especially in large open spaces, you often have to pause a lot because of echoes from the PA system.

Announcers and performers in older movies, TV and radio were expected to have a more formal, educated style than is the fashion today (in the UK it was called "King's English" or "BBC English").  Also, because of the quality of sound recording in those days, it was necessary to speak more slowly and distinctly than one would in ordinary conversation.