Sunday, February 24, 2013
GHOSTS WALK - A 1913 NEWSREEL
On my old TV sets, ghosta walk.
In pantomime the Kaiser shakes a hand
in double time, with silent talk.
He greets a royal visitor; they stand
in sunshine of a day long past
then, bobbing, jerk across my haunted screen
quick-step, as though to end at last
An infinitely re-enacted scene.
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The Kasier in pantomime - i wish i had written that :)
interesting...makes my mind wake up...and think...thanks...thought is always good
Watching old news reels is fascinating, I love the way you described the experience as ghosts walking. Perfect!
When I was a boy, and saw old films and newsreels, I always wondered why people walked so funnily in those days - quick and jerkily. Puzzled about it for years, until I learned the technicalities of the reason for it.
Well done! And congrats on winning an Honorable Mention in last week's Limerick-Off. Great job! Limerick of the Week 102
At the time people marveled at the realism of what they saw. Where will we be in 2113?!!
Our first TV was third hand and so bad we could only view it in the daytime with a blanket over our heads! I had a teacher that played the piano to accompany silent movies when he was a young man having to fit his playing to suit the action. Sadly for every advance we make we lose a little too. Thanks for jogging my memories.
memories memories. wow. very interesting. liked the use of ghost as if a blast from the past
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