Come and visit Amsterdam on a rainy day in 1929.

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I’m re-visiting City Symphonies. Today it’s Regen (Rain) filmed in 1929 by Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens. The film captures 1920’s Amsterdam before, during, and after a downpour. The music is Hanns Eisler’s “14 Arten den Regen zu beschreiben”, (Fourteen Ways of Describing the Rain) added to the film in 1941 https://youtu.be/eNNI7knvh8o The film lasts for…… Continue reading Come and visit Amsterdam on a rainy day in 1929.

The Winter Olympics has come along way since 1928!

 Winter Olympics, St Moritz, 1928. Speed Skating Race https://youtu.be/UPWcxbeEOgU Figure Skating https://youtu.be/palM6yFuBtY Ice Hockey https://youtu.be/ER2Yl2hv9Zw As the Winter Olympics draws to a close in Pyeongchang, watch all the action on the BBC Sports website. Thanks for visiting my blog today.