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REEL 38
EATON'S DOWNTOWN STORE Feb. 20, 1973
1. INSIDE EATON'S 16'25"
2. INSIDE & OUTSIDE EATON'S 15'16"
REEL 38 COMMENTARY
1. Opens on the street, crossing into the store, under the ventilation output ducts--broadband noise. Wind when first entering, lots of people sounds.
0'40" close-up telephone ring.
1'15" sales clerk talking to customer (about beads).
2'10" child's voice.
4'00" slight change of ambience.
4'45" recordist makes a purchase.
5'45" cash register up close and paper bags rustling.
6'45" "Do you take cash?"
7'40" change of ambience, more open, reverberant.
8'20" change of ambience, organ sales area.
9'00" telephone ringing.
9'20" question to recordist
9'50" passing a TV set.
*10'20" organ demo, with automatic percussion device.
11'45" moving away from organ to more general perspective, including mumble of voices.
16'00" young child.
2. Opens in Eaton's basement, paper bags rustling, crowds. From 8'00" to end very noisy sequence with traffic and construction in background.
1'30" lots of footsteps, pair of footsteps in sync.
2'12" passing some big hum.
2'35" leaving store through squeaky door to street, good transition to very noisy heavy low frequency ambience.
4'02" heavy squeaky truck brakes.
4'05" passing street musicians (harmonica and banjo) who are "accompanied" by incredible noise.
4'15" approaching and passing ventilation output duct.
4'45" radio nearby, almost masked.
5'16" moving away from ventilation, traffic passing.
6'45" entering Royal Bank building.
7'44" back outside, heavy traffic, trucks, etc.
8'10" air brakes of truck., note the heavy accumulation of low frequencies throughout.
8'44" truck idling, what noise!
9'30" voices nearby.
10'35" truck horn, lots of people's footsteps, amazing they are audible in this din.
11'16" passerby asking what recordist is doing.
11'50" car horn in background.
12'29" strong crescendo in traffic noise as cars start with traffic lights turning green.
13'45" again crescendo.
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