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REEL 14 [DAT C7]
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND Oct. 3, 1973
[0-tone][false take 45"]
[ID 1 1:20]
1. DAVID PETERS INTERVIEW 22'05"
[0-tone][false take 10"]
[ID 2 24:32]
2. DAVID PETERS INTERVIEW 14'05"
REEL 14 COMMENTARY
1. Topics of interview are the sounds of: Foghorn in St. John's; imitation of horn in Cape Spears (1'30"); noonday gun (2'30") with story around it and at what distance it can be heard; still summer evenings (4'30"); boats, rowing (4'50"); factory whistles (6'30"); sleighbells (9'25"). His telephone rings (9'30"). Interview continues: snow (10'30"); streetcars (11'05"); dialects in Newfoundland (12'00"); mouth organ and accordion (15'35"); square dancing (17'30"); mummering at Christmas time (18'40"); St. Patrick's Day; Orangemen's Day Parade (19'40"); TV (21'00").2. Wildlife and birds; birds and seagulls (1'05"); whales (2'45") get caught with sound: get frightened into harbour with noise; "one can almost hear the smell of dead whales on beaches" (4'00"); wind (4'20"); waves on beaches (5'50"); new sounds (9'50"); wind through sails(11'50"); putt-putt gas engines (14'00").
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