France saw the popularity that was growing towards music videos that were being created. They then decided to integrated jukeboxes and videos together. These new jukeboxes were called Scopitone and they feature 16mm film.
The first Scopitones were made in France in 1960, by a company called Cameca. This was based on Soundies technology that was developed in ww2, colour 16mm film with a magnetic soundtracks were shown on specially designed jukeboxes. These jukeboxes allowed people to select what music video that they wanted to watch on the small screen.
Scopitones were filmed in colour so it allowed people to expand their music videos and make it more vibrant then the previous black and white videos that were being made.
This use of Scopitones spread throughout Europe, particularly in west Germany and England. by 1964 it crossed over the Atlantic to United States. More and more people began to use this to listen to their favorite music.
By the end of 1960 the popularity of Scopitones had faded away and people had moved onto other methods of watching music videos.
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