| BARREL ORGANS The decline of the barrel organ in Amsterdam since the war. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6003 | |
| Catalog #: | 70204 | |
| Clip Number: | 70204-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 42 | |
| Timecode: | 01:48:09 - 01:49:43 | |
| Location: | Netherlands, Amsterdam | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT: Street Performers ENTERTAINMENT: Unusual ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Music box/Mechanical instrument LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Netherlands (Holland), Amsterdam | |
| Description: | BARREL ORGANS The decline of the barrel organ in Amsterdam since the war. Amsterdam, Netherlands GV Windmill. Camera pans down to barrel organ - - mounted on a little cart, it is a rather ornate facade in the center of which some figures stand on a little platform; in an opening behind them the organ pipes can be seen. 2 men walk into picture and put money in organ grinder's box (one man stands in the front taking money and another man stands in back turning a wheel which controls the organ.) MCU figures and organ pipes. CU scroll with holes punched in it going through organ mechanism. CU clapper striking a cylinder or circle; pan to CU of the elderly organ grinder turning wheel. CU looking through part of grinder's wheel turning at the cardboard with punched holes moving through. CU soldier figure tapping a stick in rhythm of the music. MS woman standing beside another barrel organ parked on the edge of canal; pan to canal with barges lined up on either side. LS front view of organ with men working on decoration etc. MCU man putting pipes into organ CU figures of woman lying on ground; she is picked up...cut to MCU as she is set on the 'stage' of the barrel organ. CU man attaching the figure. Close shots of the 2 men working on the organ - -painting decoration etc. LS Canal with barge moving. | |
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