Word to refer to classic 1940s-1960s news voice
I am looking for a single adjective to refer to a classic 1940s-1960s news voice. Specifically, the kind that sounds almost like yelling (to me at least). Here is a sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Gt6hPuMaw
Example Sentence:
I begin listening to the newscaster talk in his well-known ___ voice.
I am writing a story that takes place during World War II, and I want to provide a detailed scene to modern readers who may have heard news presented in this way. What is a single word I can use to accomplish this?
Solution 1:
The short news films that were shown in cinemas before the main films, in the pre-TV days, were called newsreels - so a "newsreel voice" could be what you're after.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsreel
There was one famous company that made them that had a very distinctive style. Their "ident" was a clucking cockerel, I'm trying to remember the name but can't at the moment. It was something French-sounding. I'm sure someone will be able to fill it in. The name of that company could be a good choice too.
EDIT: Pathé is the company who I was thinking of - their name is in that Wikipedia article (doh). It's a distinctive word so anyone who recognises the reference (if you were to say "in his Pathé news voice" for example) would (probably) instantly know what you mean.
A Pathé news report on the Hiroshima bombing, 1945:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhST-nbRII0
EDIT: Side note - There's a horrendous quote in that video - "Tests for gamma rays in the New Mexico desert revealed no harmful radiation, discounting Jap stories of men dying in agony days after the blast". Hangs head in shame. Anyway, we've come a long way since then.
Solution 2:
stentorian is a word used to describe the newsreel voice in this article
(Of a person’s voice) loud and powerful:
Oxford
Solution 3:
The name of the accent, in general, is Transatlantic or Mid-atlantic.
The mid-Atlantic accent, or Transatlantic accent, is a consciously acquired accent of English, intended to blend together the "standard" speech of both American English and British Received Pronunciation. –Wiki
Why Do People In Old Movies Talk Weird? –YouTube
Solution 4:
U.K. English answer here...
Received.
or
R.P.
Which is for 'Received Pronunciation':
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation
You can also use the word 'plummy' to describe such a voice of that era in the UK when broadcasting was a strictly government BBC affair with no local radio stations or 'foreign'/regional accents.