AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 5-31-2024

e e that all right I'm interrupting that um because I already showed it oh boy um I'm back thanks everybody for having me uh we're back at the archive and um so my father was in the hospital uh has been in the hospital for two weeks had surgery on Wednesday it went well and the prognosis is good that he gets to go home this weekend so that's why I'm back um but being in a hospital for two and a half days in Charlotte uh is no fun it kind of drains you even if you're not sick but um thanks everybody for the well wishers and um happy to be here because this is what we like to do we like to be live and we like to show you stuff live whenever we can um and sometimes we can't and there will certainly be times uh during this Summer that I'm going to be out of town and I won't be able to do stuff live but I hope that's okay so while we're ready uh I have a scanner behind me and um I have a film that I just got from the Chicago Film Society uh they are slowly trying to make room and get rid of things that they're not interested in and they always ask me like hey do you want this so I picked out some films based on what I had or didn't have and this one is beautiful this is Eskimos winter in Western Alaska and I believe that Eskimo is an outdated term so let's see if they actually talk about what tribe we're looking at enjoy [Music] howling husky dogs tell us we're in the land of esos we are visiting the eskimos who live on the West Coast of Alaska this is the village of yle the winter sun is low and seems far away here Eskimos live in log cabins for there are forests nearby inside one of these homes achuk and his family are asleep on the floor their bed is of reindeer skins and blankets their pillow is a log it is morning and time for aabu to be getting up he is wearing a spotted reindeer skin Pary father's first job is to start a fire with these shavings the stove was given to him Long Ago by men who came to Alaska looking for gold outside it is very cold but the room will heat up quickly now auk goes quietly out through the doorway without waking the children can you see what he's bringing back a piece of hardpacked snow to be melted in a kettle for Breakfast Tea the rest of the family are awake now auk's daughter wears boots of white reindeer skin her brother has seal skin boots after breakfast time to goul even Eskimo children hate to be tardy the first thing is the oath of allegiance to the United States here the primary boys and girls are singing a song with gestures back home their parents are busy father has to keep a supply of stove wood at hand his Frozen breath gives us an idea of how cold it is 30° below zero cold or not mother has to hang out the wash look where she keeps baby brother while mother Works big brother anek is out along the river chopping ice to be melted into water water for drinking and for cooking is precious during the long Eskimo winter anag has brought his sled with him and his dogs will pull the load of ice back to the Village farther out on this same Frozen River the older women of the village are fishing they must chop holes through the thick ice this is kirck with a long handled ice pick it cuts out a fishing hole in a short time to get out the chopped ice kirck uses a frying pan from her kitchen she finds good use for those mittens she knitted last summer now for the fishing pole not a very fancy outfit but the other Eskimo women seem to be catching Plenty of Fish here's the way it's done it's a Tom Cod which freezes almost as soon as it hits the ice an average Eskimo family uses thousands of fish like this during a winter enough for today so kirck puts the fish into a woven grass bag back in the village nuk is packing his sled for a trapping Expedition next he harnesses his lead dog and the lead dog is trained to follow nuk's commands the dog out of line is just learning to run with the team wooden tripods Mark the trail out Beyond The Village these markers help keep from getting lost if a storm comes up an Eskimo fisherman koutu is setting his traps on a river sections of fencing like this are lowered through openings cut into the river ice joined together across the river they keep fish from going Upstream except for one space where koutuk places the fish traps these traps made of chicken wire are open at one end with the river entirely blocked off the only place for any fish to go is into coutu's traps at least that's what he hopes we'll see whether or not he was right when we return to the traps with him a week later was koutu right he certainly was here are about 150 lb of fish even in winter you'll catch Plenty of Fish if you know how to catch them koutok empties this fish trap about once a week all during the winter he will trade his catch at the trading post for a new axe or perhaps a gun koutuk is 76 years old but this hard work seems to agree with him back in the village this giant seal skin stretched to dry in the sun tells us it is spring and time to hunt seals auk who is the best hunter in the village is going to take us on a hunt we go with him over the frozen ice on the Bearing Sea to the edge of the ice field three miles offshore leaving the dog team behind achuk pulls his kayak to the edge of the ice the snowshoes have kept him from breaking through thin ice now he can remove them he makes sure the ice at the edge is solid the top of the kayak is light colored achuk wears a white Parky and hopes the seals will mistake him and the kayak for piece of floating ice the kayak is very light being made of giant seal skins stretched over a wooden frame getting into the kayak without tipping it is quite a trick achuk does it by grasping the wooden shaft of his ice pick with one hand at the same time holding the rim of the kayak opening to make it steady Ivory pegs on the side of the kayak hold his Harpoon and Ice Peg now off to hunt seals among the floating cakes of ice but look a storm is coming up the wind begins to blow huge ice cakes are soon bobbing around like eggshells the ice field has cracked at once auk heads back for he is afraid the wind will carry his dog team out to sea he paddles safely between two fields of ice where the water is more quiet the ice crack has widened dogs are deathly afraid of open water but auk has a well-trained team it goes on and across back on solid landlocked ice achuk forgets all about seal hunting and has but one idea to get back to unle pools of water formed by by the melting ice show that it is becoming more and more unsafe so achuk loses No [Music] Time by late afternoon he is back safely in unil CLE aruk and his family sit down to eat this is raw fish which has been frozen and thawed notice the table just a few inches off the floor he serves his children and when everyone else is enjoying the food he helps himself to some fish dessert is akutu or Eskimo ice cream made from seal oil and berries achuk shows his daughter correct Eskimo manners eating with two fingers instead of three they hurry through dinner for tonight is a special night an Eskimo dance the orchestra is already beating out Rhythm and singing songs this dance represents Eskimos in a skin boat crossing the [Applause] sea the dancing goes on and on for just like most of us our friends in Eskimo land like to have fun when their day's work is [Music] done that was awesome uh and beautiful color beautiful contrasty Kodak chrome color um yeah pretty great all right let's uh slingshot ourselves to the80s I think that is one when this film was made uh cornet animated um map skills understanding latitude enjoy Focus [Music] there she is Daredevil pilot Natalie Haymaker ready to try for a new world's record that's right I'm going to break the record for an around the world flight over the poles the record is 54 hours I'm going to do it in 48 here's what my path will look like I'm going to start out here at a place on the equator that's this imaginary line drawn East and West all the way around the earth it's halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole I'll take off going directly south pass over the South Pole and continue flying around this side of the Earth to the North Pole then I'll fly south South on this side of the earth and end up at the equator where I started my clock will keep track of the time and my mileage counter will show the distance I've traveled there are certain tracking stations along the way and I have to signal with a laser beam as I pass over them that'll prove I was there my navigator knows where they are I can see that you're ready to take off now except for your Navigator who just needs to uh wake up but wait your Navigator is not on board what he's not on the airplane but I need him he has the places marked on his map where the stations are could I help can you navigate well I can help you navigate I don't have a map but here are the locations of the tracking stations Station 1 45° south latitude Station 2 90° south latitude station three 30° north latitude station 4 90° north latitude station 5 45° north latitude this doesn't tell me anything that helps I know what North and South mean but what do they mean here they tell you whether the stations are north or south of the Equator oh so three of them are north of the equator and two of them are south of the Equator that's right and what's this latitude latitude itude tells you how far north or south of the Equator the places are but those measurements are in degrees how can degrees tell me how far something is whenever you measure anything you need units to measure with if you're measuring distances from the equator you're really measuring on a circle on your flight path for instance and to measure on a circle you divide it into equal units 360 of them each unit is called a degree in the this case a degree of latitude so degrees of latitude are the units used to measure distances north and south of the Equator that's right to make it simple we'll just Mark some of these degrees let's bring the Earth back on again now if we let the earth spin on its axis and mark the paths formed as the Earth passes under each of these points we'll make these lines all points on each line are at the same latitude this this line is the equator every point on it is at 0° all points on this line are at 15° latitude north of the equator or 15° north latitude every place on this line is at 30° north latitude and so on the North Pole is at 90° north latitude does it work the same way south of the Equator are all points on this line at 15° South south latitude and every point on this line at 30° south latitude and so on and it's the South Pole at 90° south latitude exactly right these are all latitude lines or Parallels of latitude they're called that because from this point of view the lines look straight and parallel but if you could see them from above the North Pole you'd see that they're really circles you use them to find out how far from the equator you are North or South just remember that all points on any parallel of latitude are the same distance from the equator this says the first station is at 45° south latitude so I just look out the window and when I see the 45° line I flash my laser beam right well locating parallels of latitude isn't quite that simple like the equator they're not really drawn on the Earth what good can they do if they're not really on the earth how can I use them here's one way you can translate distance in degrees into distance in miles or kilometers oh I think I see how could you tell me how far it is all the way around the world through the poles about 25,000 Mi and I know there are 360° all the way around the world so if I divide I can see that each degree of latitude must represent a little over 69 miles I started at 0° and I want to send my first signal at 45° south latitude which means the first leg of my record setting trip is 45° long that's 45 times a little over 69 M for each degree or about 3,125 miles my mileage counter was at zero when I left the equator and now it's at 3,121 Miles I must be almost there exactly right 3,123 3,124 3,125 I'm there now I'll flash my laser beam that was easy looks like a nice day down there not as hot as at the equator now I've got to keep moving if I want to break the record will you have any trouble finding the next station no it'll be simple 90° south latitude that's the South Pole each time I flash my laser beam my mileage counter automatically resets to zero so it reset itself at 45° south latitude after I'd gone 3,125 mil now to get to 90° south latitude I'm going 45 more de so that must be another 3,125 mil now there are 3 miles to go 2 miles 1 mile I'm at 90° now and it's taken me exactly 12 hours to go a quarter of the way around the world I'm right on schedule sure looks cold down there a lot colder than it was back at 45° South well the South Pole is as far as you can get South the farther you get from the equator the colder it usually gets why is that well remember it's the energy and the light from the sun that heats the Earth for the moment let's think about just this much of the light when this amount of sunlight strikes the Earth here it heats only a small area on the earth so it can heat that area quite a lot any spot within that area gets pretty warm but because the Earth has a curved surface like the surface of a ball when the same amount of light strikes here it spread out over a much larger area so any spot within that area gets a lot less Heat he exactly so as you go from the equator to a pole temperatures usually get colder and colder I see the next station is at 30° north latitude that's 120° from the last station at the South Pole so that will be 120 times a little over 69 miles for each degree or about 8,333 miles my mileage counter says I'm coming up on that fast 8331 8332 8333 I must be at 30 degrees north latitude now nice and warm down there well it's only 30° of latitude from the equator so you'd expect it to be warm there but your next place to signal is as far north of the equator as you can get I know 90° North that's the North Pole let's see I'm at 30° North now to get to 90° North I have to go 60 more de about 4,166 miles and there it is the North Pole it's frozen like the other pole it's only been 36 hours since I left home so I'm right on schedule at this rate I'll break the record by 9 hours you've only got one more tracking station to Signal before you head back to the equator it's at 45° north latitude that's 45° south of the pole only 3,125 [Music] miles I'm almost there and now I've only been gone 42 hours I'm there now oh no my wings are icing up I'm losing altitude I'll have to land and turn on my deiser oh I had a good chance of breaking the record hey there's snow all around at 45° south latitude at the first station it was a summer day and here it looks like the middle of winter well it is the middle of winter here that's because when it's summer in the southern hemisphere where 45° south latitude is it's winter in the northern hemisphere where 45° north latitude is but both parallels of latitude are 45° from the equator why is it summer at one of them and winter at the other to see let's look at the Earth again you may have noticed that the Earth's axis doesn't go exactly straight up and down the earth and its axis are tilted quite a lot to one side and it's because of this tilt that the Earth has Seasons this is how it works as you probably know the Earth revolves around the Sun once a year as it does this the tilt of the Earth's axis doesn't change so when the earth is in say this position in its path around the sun light from the sun strikes the Earth from this direction like this the most direct sunlight is here above the equator in the northern hemisphere that makes the Northern Hemisphere warmer doesn't it so then is it summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere exactly right but remember the Earth keeps revolving around the Sun so so half a year later the Earth is here in its path and light from the sun strikes it from this direction like this the Earth is still tilted the same way so then the most direct sunlight Falls here below the equator in the Southern Hemisphere and then it's summer there isn't it and winter in the northern hemisphere that must be the position the Earth is in about now because it sure is winter here at 45° north latitude does that mean it's winter in the whole Northern Hemisphere no if you think about the Earth and the Sun you can probably make a pretty good guess about what parts of the Earth are having winter now when the sunlight comes from this direction you can see that this part of the Earth would generally be pretty warm and when the Earth has revolved into this position half a year later and sunlight hits the Earth from this direction a large part of that region is still warm so this area from about 25° south latitude to about 25° north latitude is pretty much warm all year that's right and you can see that whether the sunlight comes from this direction or this direction these two regions around the two poles always get their sunlight spread out over a large area so the regions around the poles never really warm up right they have short cool cool Summers and Long Cold Winters well if these parts are always pretty cold and if this part is usually pretty warm it must be these areas in between that have seasons I mean Seasons with big differences in temperature warm Summers and cold Winters correct I see so it's winter now in this part of the Earth where I am and this part is having summer and in 6 months this part of the earth will be having winter while this part has summer exactly right and all because the tilt of the Earth's axis Remains the Same as the Earth revolves around the Sun look my wings aren't iced up anymore I can take off again you only lost 2 hours you've been traveling 44 hours now you just need to get back to the equator where you started in less than 10 hours and you've beaten the 54-hour record I can do it in six thanks for helping me understand latitude so I could break the record for a trip around the world over both poles [Music] I got to say all those animated ones from the 80s incredibly tedious like there's something about the pacing of them they just they linger too long I think if they had been edited a little bit tighter it would have felt better uh and I think some of the it's not just that they're trying to let Concepts kind of see see SK but there's just long shots and the animation is not great so there's my critique of uh those later cornet things uh let's look at an early cornet one and I didn't realize I had a copy of this and I didn't realize I had it in beautiful color because it was in a different can it was this was a film about probability and I was like oh yeah let me I used it as a test cuz I was like like and probability is not going to be interesting and no it's totally different film it's a p uh it's propaganda techniques enjoy was it really a victory for good government Mr Brown or was it a victory for propaganda that's quite a question Chuck why do you ask her well we've been studying citizenship in school and in a few years I'll start voting I've been following the campaign so much was said on both sides I'm confused how can you know what to believe when this so much propaganda perhaps I can help you Chuck I think the election was a victory for good government it might also be called a victory for propaganda but that would have been equally true if our opponent had won but that's what I mean everybody uses propaganda oh no not everybody Chuck but propaganda is an important force in our society today that's why besides using propaganda I've been studying it for some years propaganda made this picture propaganda skillfully employed to turn millions of men to a cruel hatred of their fellow men on the other hand propaganda often persuades us to help our fellow men the products of our factories are also known around the world through propaganda in the form of advertising and salesmanship the study of history reveals a great deal of propaganda that has been used to fight Wars and win Wars propaganda can also be used for Peace So you see Chuck propaganda is important well worth any time you give studying it I see that but how can you study it well you can begin by investigating the techniques of propaganda here I've listed some of the main ones glittering generalities transfer name calling card stacking testimonial plain folks and bandwagon you'll find these techniques used in many places in many ways for many different purposes your job is to recognize them when you see them my first job is to understand what they mean what is a glittering generality well let me see that headline you were quoting a victory for good government good government is a phrase we use many times during the campaign we said the mayor stood for good government and promised good government but it's true isn't it what's true what does good government mean is the mayor's idea of good government the same as yours I see it's a glittering generality one of the best there's another yes and why do you suppose our opponents chose that phrase I guess because everybody likes a real American right and they wanted to transfer that liking for a real American to Mr Butler and that's what you mean by the technique of transfer that's it now let's see if you can recognize another technique a day or so after that poster came out I said in one of my campaign speeches our opponent advertises himself as a real American I say he is unreal unrealistic he is a Visionary a theorist dreamer he is so thirsty for public office that like a weary traveler in the desert he sees a mirage and he is trying to sell it to you as real R now what would you call that that's name calling Visionary theorist dreamer that's right and those are very polite names but now I want you to listen to something else for my collection of propaganda materials I've made a special record of part of one of Mr Butler's radio speeches mayor Cooper asks that he'd be judged by his performance in office very well let's ask him who was mayor when the municipal Waterworks fell into such a state of disrepair that the whole town was without water for 2 days let's ask him but no let's not it might embarrass him you recognize the technique no I don't it's a tricky one is it true about the Waterworks partly true that's what we call card stacking Cooper was mayor when the pupping station broke down but it was the men in office before him who allowed it to get into such a rundown condition and it finally gave way before he could get anything done I see then card stacking is choosing some facts and leaving out others and arranging them to suit your purpose that's the idea now did you see our little campaign moving yes a couple of times well let's look at it again as an example of propaganda techniques it was a testimonial wasn't it yes we used other techniques too see if you can spot them will you get the light please sure [Music] land sakes a body hardly has time enough the house to clean the washing to do and the men folks to feed they like their chocolate cakes too but I do want to take time to tell you that I've known dick Cooper ever since he was knee high to a grasshopper he comes of a good respectable family just as honest as the day is long and he knows our town he's one of us that's why I'm going to vote for mayor Cooper and all my friends are going to vote for him too well stop a minute Chuck recognize the technique that must be what you call plain folks that's right you'll find many versions of the appeal based on the common man the man on the street Log Cabin to president now let's look at the rest of the movie yes Mrs Hamline is voting for mayor Cooper her friends are voting for mayor Cooper your friends are voting for mayor Cooper the people know what they want and what they want is Mayor Cooper don't you be left behind get on board the victory special vote for mayor Cooper and ride with him to Victory that ending is easy to spot it's the bandwagon yes the propaganda we've been talking about is easy to detect but a great deal of propaganda is much more hidden much harder to detect that's what's bothering me even in a small local election there's so much propaganda that poster a real American he uses a transferred device does that mean it isn't true not necessarily evaluating propaganda isn't that simple recognizing the technique is one step another step is to know the purpose what is the purpose here that's easy to get people to vote for Butler yes to persuade people that Butler is the better man to move them to vote for him in short to sell Mr Butler to the voters you'll find that the purpose of most propaganda is to persuade people to believe something to do something or to buy something all right but it still doesn't answer my question no your next step and it's a big one is to get the facts well is he a real American Howard Butler was born in this country he obeys its laws he's a good citizen yes he is a real American the same can be said for Richard Cooper so ask yourself whether the facts support the purpose do they support the transfer of feeling from Real American to Mr Butler over Mr Cooper no I guess not well that's your fourth step weigh the facts against the purpose and the technique I think I understand to know whether propaganda is good or not whether it's true or not I should know the purpose recognize the technique get the facts and judge the purpose and technique by the facts but when you want the facts about live political battle don't come to a campaign manager I might do it at that but I will Al go and see your opposition well that's all right whenever you're tracking down propaganda get as many different points of view as you can you know something what I think that it might be interesting to make a really serious study of propaganda I find it interesting and there's plenty to study here I have just a few of the many books on the subject you can read them you can keep your eyes and ears open for little bits of propaganda and of course you can study whole propaganda campaigns here are a few on which I've been Gathering material Hitler and Nazi Germany had a campaign of propaganda that ran over many years then there's a wealth of propaganda to study on the subject of Russia and communism there's propaganda to study in our own American elections National as well as local and in many of the major issues on which elections often hinge well if I don't learn about propaganda it won't be because there's no way to study it that's right ch remember the techniques of propaganda and use the procedure we outlined for studying it propaganda is a powerful force so powerful that your study your study of propaganda is important not only to you but to me and to the [Music] world uh so everybody uses propaganda I mean and it's basically he said it's advertising that's what it is it's all advertising um I mean you could just call it advertising techniques because that's the all those those things that they listed it's all related to advertising um so fascinating beautiful color too I love it man uh I love when I find good color uh stuff uh let's see what do we want to watch there's so much to watch so many films um how about Plankton let's find out about it Plankton to fish a food cycle enjoy a [Music] in the waters of the lake there are many different kinds of living things each kind depending on the others for survival this isn't an ordinary fishing trip the equipment is designed to catch the smallest of the living things in the lake plants and animals of microscopic size our catch has been transferred to a beaker in the laboratory we'll use these small plants and animal animal as part of a miniature community of living things first a closer look at what we've caught we use the term Plankton to refer to many different kinds of plants and animals that live in water and Float with the current most of them are very small as we increase the magnification we can see smaller and smaller Plankton these diatoms like other plants are able to use the energy of sunlight to produce their own food from carbon dioxide and water Plankton service food for larger animals such as these water fleas this is the beginning of a food chain the beating motion of the antenna creates a small current which sweeps Plankton into the food groove or mouth of the water flea to demonstrate something about the food chain we're removing the food tube or digestive tract of a water flea here's the food tube and its contents it takes a great deal of Plankton to nourish a single water flea the body is transparent so you can see young water fleas developing inside The Brood pouch of their mother water fleas produce a large number of Offspring in a very short time that means they can maintain their own population while also serving as a a source of food for larger animals what can we expect to find in the intestin of a fish it takes a large number of water fleas to nourish a single fish in a lake or river these fish would become food for larger fish but we made them part of a miniature World in an aquarium there are no larger animals so these fish are at the top of our food chain the chain begins with the microscopic plants which produce food that benefits the water fleas which in turn benefits the fish is that the end of the chain or do the fish and water fleas benefit the plankton in some way well we know that the body of a dead fish will decompose and living fish release waste products into the water will this have an effect on the microscopic platin after a short while we can see that the Plankton have multiplied that's because the wastes and decomposed matter provide nutrients for the plankton to benefit the Plankton the waste products must be acted on by bacteria so the food chain is really a continuous cycle each type of living thing depends on the others now that we have a food cycle operating let's try a few experiments three tanks each containing Plankton water fleas and fish a complete food cycle along with the bacteria that help make the food cycle operate and in each tank the food cycle is balanced there are just enough Plankton to feed the water fleas and just enough water fleas to feed the fish if we add a few more fish to one of the tanks will that have an effect on the food cycle there are more fish competing for the same food supply after several days do you notice any change compare this tank where we added some fish to this one which we left as it was here are some fish from the a tank and some from the B tank any difference growing thinner and some of them dying the population of fish is being reduced and this will restore the balance between the number of fish and the available food supply there are other ways in which a food cycle can be thrown out of balance we'll use the B tank for a second experiment what will happen if all the fish are removed how will this change of balance affect the water fleas after a few days the water fleas have multiplied many times quite a difference from the tank where fish are feeding on water fleas does that mean the water fleas here are better off a few days later the water is clearer because all the Plankton have been eaten and the water fleas are dead or dying the water fleas multiply too fast for their food supply and now they've used up that food supply removing the fish has caused the food cycle to break down completely so balance is important to the operation of a food cycle when we added too many fish some of them died reducing their number and restoring the balance but if a link in the food cycle is broken completely as it was when we removed all the fish it may be impossible for other living things to survive in a balanced food cycle each kind of living thing depends on the others for survival in our miniature food cycle water fleas feed on Plankton and in turn become a source of food for fish and the waste products of the fish acted on by bacteria help to provide nutrients for the microscopic Plankton the food cycle we've seen is a simple one involving only three kinds of living things in the larger world the food cycle is much more complicated in fact the food cycle here is more like a web in which many different kinds of plants and animals depend on each other in various ways and in this food web there must be a balance among living things so that all of them including man can continue to survive [Music] um yeah I can't let you leave May without uh learning more about Plankton it really feels like that's my uh my deal um let's learn about Beethoven let's do it Beethoven another beautiful color cornite film enjoy [Music] we are hearing one of the greatest Symphonies ever written the man who composed it has been called a fighter for Freedom his name was ludig Van bovin once he said whoever shall understand my Works he shall be free from all the misery that burdens mankind Perhaps it is this personal quality this appeal to the human heart and soul which makes Beethoven's music loved and enjoyed today as it was in his time bethoven was the first to make his music available to all people this was an important contribution it reflected the growth of democratic ideas that came out of the times in which he lived he was born in 1770 in the city of bone Germany today his statue stands in the Town Square amid the scenes of his childhood this is the Church of the minor Friars where Beethoven as a boy played the organ as a boy he must have often gazed at the Rind which flows past the city of bone along the rine too the castles of German Nobles look down on a way of life which had not changed for centuries it was a time when kings and princes still ruled Europe it was the late 18th century near the town of Bowen the boy Beethoven often saw the great EST States and palaces of the nobility perhaps he wondered about the great difference between such a princely palace and the little cottage where he was born the little upper room where Beethoven was born is part of the plain whitewashed Garrett and yet the family owned a piano Beethoven's father a court singer taught the boy to [Music] play at 10 he was taking lessons on the violin in later years he was to write many compositions for violin and piano including his sonatas the one we are hearing is the violin Sonata number two one of his earliest as a young man he left bone to seek a better living in Vienna there he spent the rest of his life Vienna was the home of great composers heyen master of classic music and Mozart the great Genius of the 18th century like Mozart's music Beethoven's early Works reflect the classic tradition of balance and design music that is often compared to the form and balance of classic architecture like Mozart too Beethoven wrote much of his music for wealthy patrons in the Palace of his Patron and friend Prince Lovitz Beethoven often performed the music he played was chamber music written for the drawing room in Beethoven's time this might have been a setting for a performance of the arch Duke Trio one of his chamber [Music] works e [Music] [Music] but Beethoven's music reflects far more than the classic tradition of the 18th century for this century was also a time of change the spirit of the French Revolution had surged across Europe the common people were fighting for democracy they were struggling for new ideals of freedom and Brotherhood these ideals influenced Beethoven his third Symphony the Heroica or heroic Symphony reflects the drama of the revolutionary period Beethoven dedicated the symphony to the great French hero Napoleon bonapart Who Rose to power out of the Revolution Beethoven probably thought that Napoleon would preserve the Liberties of the French people when Napoleon became dictator in instead Beethoven denounced him some people believe that the real hero of Theo is Beethoven [Music] himself what kind of man created such dramatic music he was a man of many moods the letters he wrote to princes and commoners were sometimes strange mixtures of violence and tenderness there are many stories told of his temper he was a man who might in an outburst of Fury hurl something at a servant he was a man who growing totally deaf at the height of his career once confessed in despair I hear nothing nothing and yet although he was deaf there poured from his mind a torrent of music like most composers of this period Beethoven wrote many kinds of music he was among the first to play his works for the common people he also performed his own compositions for the nobility these included the princes of Imperial Vienna [Music] here was music that caught the glory of the Austrian Empire here was music that reflected the struggles of people under the occupation troops of Napoleon here was music that portrayed the eternal struggle of all men for freedom from tyranny another champion of Freedom was gerter the German poet whom Beethoven knew for Egmont a historical play by gerter Beethoven wrote incidental music the eggmon Overture reflects the heroic story of a champion of Freedom his name was count Egmont as a leader of the Dutch people Egmont gave his life in their historic struggle for freedom from Spain this was the kind of theme that appealed to Beethoven and his love of Liberty the music for Egmont is powerful dramatic heroic [Music] this is music that is quite different from the formal classic music of earlier times Beethoven's personality is a part of this romantic music you will ask me he once said where I get my ideas that I cannot tell you with certainty they come summoned I could seize them with my hands in the open air in the woods while walking in the Silence of the night in the early morning and these ideas that Beethoven seized he sat down in notes that combin the classic music of form and tradition and the romantic music of emotion and feeling [Music] here in a suburb of Vienna Beethoven probably found inspiration for one of his greatest works the pastoral symphony along this path still called B to's path he walked many times perhaps Gathering those ideas that he said seemed to come unsummoned no mortal can love the country as I do he once said that love he poured into the music of his pastoral symphony [Music] during his lifetime Beethoven wrote nine symphonies in Vienna he continued to compose to the end of his life and always he was the unconquerable genius that genius gave to all people a world of music that they had never known it is music which Blended the traditions of classicism and the moving Spirit of Romanticism I do not fear for my Works Boven said and whoever shall understand them he shall be free from all the misery that burdens man kind [Music] this is the music of Beethoven powerful inspiring majestic music for all people for all [Music] time oh look did you see that beautiful uh Eastman uh Cod Chrome kind of color thing at the end beautiful absolutely beautiful uh yeah so I guess I heard about a month ago that um Scholars are thinking seriously that uh Beethoven died from lead poisoning um that he drank a bunch of wine that had lead in it because that was something um that was a thing back in the day and he did have a drinking problem he drank a lot uh and then also he might have been um treated by a doctor of the time with lead uh related to something with his abdomen and it was just so much that it kind of super saturated his body and uh his liver and killed him but also might have contributed to his deafness and might have contributed to his mood swings and all that stuff um anyways fascinating uh some beautiful uh footage of uh European Hills Vienna Hills Austrian Hills um Etc idic pastoral uh but uh thanks for watching today we saw a lot of great stuff um beautiful color uh in home 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