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Mechanical Music in the Movies
By Douglas Heffer

Hello Robbie,  How do you like this film?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRCs4yFKiWU 

I found it very touching -- made during the war...

À bientôt! 

Douglas Heffer
Paris

 [ 1941: Een draaiorgel in de Jordaan te Amsterdam - oude filmbeelden
 [ 1941: A barrel organ in the Jordaan in Amsterdam - old film footage
 [
 [ The Jordaan, a district in the city center of Amsterdam, was built
 [ in the early 17th century to house working class and immigrants
 [ seeking freedom who arrived from France, England, Spain, Portugal
 [ and other countries.  Amsterdam was known for its tolerance towards
 [ other political and religious beliefs.  Nazi Germany invaded the
 [ Netherlands on 10 May 1940 and occupied the country until the German
 [ surrender in May 1945.  Ref. https://www.amsterdam.info/jordaan/ 
 [ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_in_World_War_II 
 [
 [ At time 2:37: "Grafsteenen van af f10 en hooger" --
 [   "Tombstones from 10 guilders and higher."
 [
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Mon 17 Sep 2018, 19:02:06 GMT, from time zone GMT+0200.)

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