Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Moving images of a past New England

I got up very early this morning, but then got completely sidetracked by the YouTube video that I embedded in this post: Moving images from New England's past.

Of course it means more to me than it would to many others because I know the area and its history. However, it actually provides a remarkably good snapshot of the changing pattern of daily life over a number of decades.

Produced by the National Film and Sound Archive, it's long, over an hour. I sat and watched, studying the detail revealed. The changing clothes, the hats, what people wore at the beach, the industrial technology. Oysters, fish, making butter, the parades.

Do have a browse. look at the detail. You don't have to know Northern NSW. Tell me what you notice, and I will provide the context and commentary.

Postscript

kvd wrote in a comment:

Jim, you've no doubt heard of 'unconscious male privilege' before? Well now I give you 'unconscious city privilege' being that casual thought that all folk have access to the latest baling twine and tin cans technology between their home and the nearest ADSL point.

I shall have to download this vid in its entirety, then sit down later this arvo to view it as my tin cans do not have sufficient buffer to provide for anything more than jerky snatches. I have the same problem with the ABC's fine site - which is a pity because iView(?) looks like it could be something I might enjoy.

In the meantime I shall get back to learning why 3-toed sloths descend to the ground to do their business, whereas 2-toed sloths just let it fall where may: ttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/science/the-sloths-busy-inner-life.html?smid=pl-share&_r=1

kvd

In return, I wrote on Facebook:

This one came from kvd, a regular blog commenter. Why is a sloth, well, slothful? Why do two toe sloths shit in their tree when three toe sloths risk the dangerous passage to the ground to shit? And what is the importance of green algae in all this?

Obviously, all this has nothing to do with the post. However, if you want to find out more look here.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jim, you've no doubt heard of 'unconscious male privilege' before? Well now I give you 'unconscious city privilege' being that casual thought that all folk have access to the latest baling twine and tin cans technology between their home and the nearest ASDL point.

I shall have to download this vid in its entirety, then sit down later this arvo to view it as my tin cans do not have sufficient buffer to provide for anything more than jerky snatches. I have the same problem with the ABC's fine site - which is a pity because iView(?) looks like it could be something I might enjoy.

In the meantime I shall get back to learning why 3-toed sloths descend to the ground to do their business, whereas 2-toed sloths just let it fall where may:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/science/the-sloths-busy-inner-life.html?smid=pl-share&_r=1

kvd

Jim Belshaw said...

Good afternoon, kvd. Now you are not going to get an argument from this little chicken re relative access. And missing Iview is a real pity.

As for the sloths, what can I say? It was fascinating though.

Anonymous said...

Well now you've increased my mortification; you have frontpaged my typo 'asdl' which should of course be ADSL - and me a person who spent many years fighting with technology!

On the sloth, the thing which first caught my eye was the remarkable resemblance of the pictured animal to my youngest son; I must count his toes when he arises at 9.45 this a.m.

kvd

Jim Belshaw said...

Corrected. Do that, the toes I mean!