Category: Video Album
Video Albums are intended to be a video analogue of the traditional (physical) photo albums once used to store family pictures. They are casual in the sense that they don’t pretend to be high art or serious documentary works, even though they may be.
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Christmas 1944
This is a short 16mm film clip of my grandparent’s 1944 Christmas celebration. At the time they lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I made a digital copy of the original 16mm film, which is presented as is, without modification or editing. I did, however, add the sound effects. The background “clanking” is the sound made…
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Glockenspiel, Munich
This video captures the complete 10 minute playing of the Glockenspiel (bells play) in Munich, Germany. The Glockenspiel is housed in the tower of the Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall) located in Marienplatz in the city of Munich. The fourth-largest Glockenspiel in Europe, this mechanical clock was installed in 1908 and consists of 43 bells…
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The Hummingbird
On Monday this week I set up a hummingbird feeder. Thursday, I had my first visitor. I’ve lived here for 40 years and had only seen a hummingbird once or twice before. I didn’t think I would see any, but yet, within 4 days one came. That is quite encouraging. Two days later, I had…
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Remnants of Beryl
According to Wikipedia: “Hurricane Beryl was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that impacted parts of the Caribbean, the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Gulf Coast of the United States in late June and early July 2024. It was the earliest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record during any season in the Atlantic and just the second in…
