Audioscopiks is a 1935 short documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 directed by Jacob Leventhal and John Norling. The main point of the short was to show of 3-Dimensional

3-D film

A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...

 technology. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 8th Academy Awards

8th Academy Awards

The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Frank Capra. This was the first year in which the gold statuettes were called "Oscars."...

 in 1935 for Best Short Subject (Novelty)

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...

. This was MGM

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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's first film to be shot in 3-D; it was filmed using the red-blue anaglyph

Anaglyph image

Anaglyph images are used to provide a stereoscopic 3D effect, when viewed with glasses where the two lenses are different colors, such as red and cyan. Images are made up of two color layers, superimposed, but offset with respect to each other to produce a depth effect...

 process (though modern prints appear to have faded to a crimson-cyan color, causing ghosting to occur when viewed).

Audioscopiks was followed by The New Audioscopiks in 1938, which in turn was followed by Third Dimensional Murder

Third Dimensional Murder

Third Dimensional Murder is a 1941 3D comedy short produced and narrated by Pete Smith. It is the last of the Audioscopiks 3D short series.It is MGM's first 3-D all-color film, but was otherwise in black and white, including the opening credits....

in 1941.

Plot

Audience members are given a lesson on how 3-Dimensional movies are made. After being taught about 3-D, patrons are then instructed to put on their 3-D glasses. They are then given a demonstration of 3-D with various objects moving towards the camera, including a ladder, a baseball being thrown and a woman on a swing. Smith narrates each short clip, most being 20 seconds or less.