Sound effects tag

Historical Sound Effects

Historical sound effects for stories set before anyone had a phone in their pocket. Medieval battle cries and orders, antique grandfather clocks and pendulums, coins struck by hand and bells over cobbled streets. Old but useful. Pre-war cars and early engines are in here too, along with newsreel noises and forests recorded without a modern sound in them.

Libraries
9
Publishers
6
Formats
Mono, stereo, surround
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$10 to $299
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Within historic York's cobbled streets, natural ambiences blend tourist voices, sound effects of ancient bells, and authentic hand-struck coins, capturing the city's vibrant heritage through pristine field recordings.
26 files · 4.33 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Meticulously recorded sound effects capture authentic antique timepieces, featuring grandfather clocks, pendulums, and vintage mechanisms - all preserved in high-quality 24-bit audio format.
20 files · 631 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo, Surround.
Vintage French tank recordings featuring authentic sound effects from multiple perspectives, capturing the Renault V-4 engine, tracks, and maneuvers through interior and exterior microphone positions.
174 files · 10.86 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This comprehensive collection captures authentic sound effects from vintage gasoline engines, featuring distinct mechanical elements, explosive combustion, and spinning fly-wheels recorded in high-quality stereo format.
12 files · 485 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo, Surround.
Comprehensive sound effects collection capturing a 1937 Jaguar SS Saloon's engine, horns, and movements from multiple angles, featuring both interior and exterior recordings at various speeds.
38 files · 2.02 GB · Metadata
44.1 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Authentic sound effects captured from vintage 1940s-50s newsreel footage, featuring 158 meticulously categorized loops of crackles, hums, rhythmic pulses, and mysterious mechanical noises.
158 files · 150 MB · Metadata

Period work depends on what's missing as much as what's there, and the forest recordings were made with no human noise in them, owls by night and woodpeckers by day. A clean start. The battle voices bring a whole cast, young soldiers to hardened royals, with cries and orders for a medieval fight. Antique clocks and pendulums set the pace of a period room. On the road, pre-war cars cover start-ups and pull-aways, horns included, and the Gasoline Engine recordings go back further still. Newsreel noises finish it off for an old cinema scene.

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