History 历史

Dr. Hoogland made a film impression of occupation of the Netherlands by German troops as well as the final liberation of them. The broken English commentary suggests that it was spoken right after the end of the war when the Dutch still had to brush up their English which they hadn’t heard spoken after so […]

1941 Soundies: ‘Waiting for Robert E. Lee’ and ‘Dear old Southland’ source

A more than 70 years old soundy ‘Amigo we go riding tonight’ of actor George Reeves (1914-1959), who also starred in ‘Gone with the wind’ and Superman. He died young under mysterious circumstances source

Michael Bartlett, the great tenor (1901-1978), sings in this soundie a song from 1941, partly in a Christmas horse-sleigh staging. source

Carmelita sings ‘Sombrerita mia’ and The Lucky girls perform Russian Revels source

Soundie of ‘Brazil’ sung by Raoul Martinez and ‘Showboat Melodies’ by ‘The Marshalls’ source

This skit was released in Holland as ‘The new engine driver’. . I added myself a sound track. One viewer (se below) hinted that these were The Century Comedy Kids, possibly in their skit ‘Speed boys’ released in 1924. Another helpful viewer commented that this were rare scenes of the Venice Miniature Rail Road (VMRR). […]

Not so silent as I have added a sound track to this twenties comedy. This was a French version of the skit. I wonder who are the actors. source

Taken in the Santorini part of Crete some fifty years ago in the neighbourhood of Kastelli and Hania See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge playlists’. Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

An old 8mm movie film shows a Thai dance performance See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge playlists’. Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source