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The Forum => The B-Ark => Topic started by: AJHallgarth on January 09, 2011, 08:51:26 PM

Title: Wartime Boston
Post by: AJHallgarth on January 09, 2011, 08:51:26 PM: A short film depicting life in Boston back in 1943:

http://vimeo.com/17361124

Thanks to Scott Dalton for the link.
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Post by: spannerman on January 09, 2011, 10:27:41 PM: Thanks good link
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Post by: Bob Lee on January 10, 2011, 12:29:50 PM: anyone know how to save this link?
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Post by: kingofnaves on January 10, 2011, 12:34:49 PM: put it in your favorites Bob
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Post by: Bob Lee on January 10, 2011, 12:52:08 PM: DUH thanks KON ;D
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Post by: Shoddys Lane on January 10, 2011, 02:04:58 PM: Or purchase Ashampoo Snap 4. Great for screen and partial screen captures and also for on screen videos. www.ashampoo.co.uk 66% discount until tomorrow on all software.
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Post by: Pilgrim86 on January 10, 2011, 02:18:16 PM: Or maybe just look on the page where it says "About this video", where it asks you to join or log in to download?
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Post by: Shoddys Lane on January 10, 2011, 02:36:39 PM: That's ok when they are free, but many sites charge you for downloads and these can be pricey. I wanted one of a relative, circa 1950, and the price was £40, hence Ashampoo Snap 4. ::)
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Post by: howmanynames2pick on January 10, 2011, 02:48:09 PM: interesting to see that when they were short of labour (when it was VERY manual) they shipped in office workers from the cities.
How things have changed :)
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Post by: Bob Lee on January 10, 2011, 02:55:17 PM: Quote from: howmanynames2pick on January 10, 2011, 02:48:09 PM
interesting to see that when they were short of labour (when it was VERY manual) they shipped in office workers from the cities.
How things have changed :)

I think they called it The Land Army
Title: Re: Wartime Boston
Post by: O CHO MEALLT on January 10, 2011, 03:05:20 PM: Really interesting film,and i'm sure i cuaght a glimpse of Bob Lee biking through the Market Place......................
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Post by: Shoddys Lane on January 10, 2011, 03:23:23 PM: Some good shots of the old Gliderdrome as a skating rink. If you want to see some really good film of old Boston, try and get a copy of "One of Our Aircraft is Missing" Made in Boston during the war with Boston being depicted as a Dutch town. Great shots of South End, Jean Ingelows house,the warehouses along the river near the Town Bridge and one of a German sentry on the Swing Bridge as the airmen attempt to escape down the river. I remember watching some of the filming from the Town Bridge, gor blimey matron, that shows my age.
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Post by: father Ted on January 10, 2011, 03:24:47 PM: Wonderful stuff..wonder how many of the people were actors ..
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Post by: Pilgrim86 on January 10, 2011, 04:40:45 PM: I've spent a bit of time looking through this blog - http://bostonpast.blogspot.com/

Worth a visit
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Post by: Shoddys Lane on January 10, 2011, 05:26:57 PM: You can see "one of Our Aircraft is Missing" here:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBueIQSltMI
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Post by: father Ted on January 10, 2011, 09:25:18 PM: Could someone tell what happened to Boston General Hospital ..I was born there 1951. . Is there anything left ?
And was there a hospital on Hospital Lane ?
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Post by: Bob Lee on January 10, 2011, 09:59:48 PM: Now Bath gardens
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Post by: Fairfax on January 10, 2011, 11:01:08 PM: Living away, I haven't been to that part of town for a while, but in order there were the General Hospital, Town swimming baths and the old park, which was a great place for kids - overgrown woodland, which you can see in the background of the view in the film of the fishing smack unloading mussels.

P.S. I once sat on Hoppalong Cassidy's horse (Topper) outside the entrance to the General Hospital.
Title: Re: Wartime Boston
Post by: Bob Lee on January 11, 2011, 12:42:33 PM: Saw him on the balcony of the essembly rooms. :D
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Post by: father Ted on January 11, 2011, 03:24:30 PM: Yes .. the ' new ' Central Park was / is a bit flat and clinical .. though I used to play Lone Ranger on the rockery paths at t'other end on the way to ParkBoard school . mid to late 1950s.
Title: Re: Wartime Boston
Post by: Bob Lee on January 11, 2011, 04:17:31 PM: Quote from: O CHO MEALLT on January 10, 2011, 03:05:20 PM
Really interesting film,and i'm sure i cuaght a glimpse of Bob Lee biking through the Market Place......................

No but that Bas**** nicked my bike ;)