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Picture of Stokes Hill Wharf, Darwin, 1969.

         

         This photo of Stokes Hill Wharf at Darwin, was taken in 1969 - five

years before the devastating Cyclone Tracy destroyed much of

Darwin in December 1974.

 

Some of the boats seen in the photo were lost during the cyclone.

 

The photo was taken from the bridge of a Japanese cargo ship.

 

Photo copyright © 1969    John Barnes.

 

 

 

 

Photo of Stokes Hill Wharf, Darwin, 1969.

 Stokes Hill Wharf in 1969.  Picture taken from the bridge of a Japanese cargo ship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Koalarama Keynes turns down "Australian Unsung Hero" award

 

Koalarama Keynes has turned down an "Australian Unsung Hero"

award offered to him earlier this week.

 

Koalarama Keynes says he doesn't deserve the award, as "all koalas

in Australia are unsung heroes, and don't need an award to prove it".

 

 

 

                                                    

                                                      Koalarama  Keynes.

 

 

 

 

Good for you Koalarama Keynes !          John 4447772399.

 

 

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State Opera of South Australia presents Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman"

 

The State Opera of South Australia will present Richard Wagner's

"The Flying Dutchman" at the Adelaide Festival Theatre from

November 7th. to the 14th, 2009.

 

This is a totally new production of The Flying Dutchman , and will

be conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite, accompanied by the Adelaide

Symphony Orchestra and State Opera Chorus.

 

The State Opera of South Australia has a special association with

the works of Richard Wagner, presenting The Ring Cycle  in 1998

and 2004, and Parsifal in 2001.

 

The Flying Dutchman  will feature John Wegner as the Dutchman, and

soprano Margaret Medlyn performing the role of Senta.

 

 

The Flying Dutchman.

 

 

 

 

 

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Portraits of Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner, Bach, Handel, Haydn.

 

 

The pictures below show portraits of the classical composers

Beethoven, Mozart, Richard Wagner, Bach, Handel, and Haydn.

 

 

Portraits of great composers

 

 

 

 

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Betty Underwood - actress, 1948 to 1950......

 

 

 

Betty Underwood was a dark haired beauty who appeared

in only 9 movies between 1948 and 1950.

 

Her last movie seems to have been the 1950 'B Grade' western

"Storm Over Wyoming" starring Tim Holt.

 

After that, she seems to have vanished into the ether.

 

I was unable to find a biography on Betty Underwood, but

she would have been born around 1925 to 1930.

 

The picture below shows her in a scene from "Storm Over

Wyoming", where she played the role of "Ruby", a dance

girl at the Silver Dollar Casino in the Wyoming town of Sundown.

 

Posted under the category of "People".

 

 

Betty Underwood 1950

 

 

 

Wyoming.

 

      Betty Underwood appears as Ruby, in the 1950 film "Storm Over Wyoming". 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Champion Ignition Points type C-926 suitable for RWD Mazda 626's

 

These Champion Ignition Points type C-926 are suitable for all RWD

Mazda 626 vehicles (1979 - 1982).

 

The points have a hole in the centre of one of the contacts for improved

cooling. These points are referred to as "ventilated" points, and are

supposed to last longer than non-ventilated points.

 

The champion C-926 points are available from all REPCO stores (in Australia)

for $11.99. The REPCO part number is S219VU.

 

Hint. It pays  to carry a spare set of points, because points can fail (burn out)

with little or no warning, and once they go, there's no way you'll get the car started

again.

 

 

Update:  The brand name of the points has changed from "Champion" to "Fuelmiser",

but the points are exactly the same, and the REPCO part number is still S219VU.

 

The alternative to the "Fuelmiser" points is the Bosch GM543 points which are exactly

the same as the Champion/Fuelmiser points, except they are non-ventilated.

Both the Bosch and the Fuelmiser points are made in Japan.

 

 

 Champion ignition points.

 

                     Champion ignition points type C-926.

 

 

 

 

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Last Mini driven off production line in 2000 by pop singer Lulu

 

 

 

The picture below show British pop singer Lulu driving

the last Mini off the production line at Birmingham,

in 2000.

 

A total of 5,387,862 Minis were produced over a 41 year

period from 1959 to 2000 .

 

The Mini first made its appearance in Australia in early 1961,

and they were manufactured here in Australia by BMC

(British Motor Corp) and later by Leyland Australia.

Local production of the Mini ceased in late 1978.

 

 

The other picture shows a close-up of Lulu in the

passenger seat.

 

 

 

 

Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Birgit Nilsson performs Richard Wagner's Tristan & Isolde at Bayreuth

 

Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson sung the role of Isolde

for ten seasons at Bayreuth, between 1957 and 1970.

 

Isolde is the female character in  Richard Wagner's

opera "Tristan und Isolde", and is considered by many to

be one of his finest works.

 

Birgit Nilsson also sang other Wagnerian characters at Bayreuth,

including Brunnhilde from Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods),

during the same period (1957 to 1970).

 

She performed in "Tristan und Isolde" at Bayreuth, the 'cultural center'

of Wagner's operas, in the following years (up to 1970) --

 

1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970.

 

 

 

The picture below shows Birgit Nilsson performing "Tristan und Isolde"

at Bayreuth in 1962.

 

Birgit Nilsson performing Tristan und Isolde  at Bayreuth in 1962.

 

 

The next picture shows her singing the role of Brunnhilde, from "Twilight

of the Gods" in 1965.

 

Birgit Nilsson as Brunnhilde, in "Twilight of the Gods" at Bayreuth, 1965.

 

Clearly one of the great sopranos of the 20th Century, Birgit Nilsson

died in Sweden (in 2005) at the age of 87.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Eva Braun's home movies - by Kiefer Entertainment

 

Updated September 8, 2009.

 

Eva Braun's home movies with explanatory pictures.

 

Eva Braun's home movies have been released on DVD in 3 volumes

by Kiefer Entertainment.

The running time for Volume 1 is 113 minutes. There is no voice audio on the soundtrack,

only dubbed classical music. A number of scenes are in black & white, and some are in colour.

The overall quality of the video is reasonably good, considering the fact that home

movie cameras in the 1930's and early 1940's did not usually produce a very satisfactory

picture.

 

It's believed that Eva's camera was a good quality 16mm Agfa, but she probably

had other movie cameras as well.

 

On the cover of the DVD it says that the footage was shot between 1936 and 1943,

but this is not correct, as there is footage of Gretl Braun's marriage to Hermann

Fegelein in 1944. Gretl was Eva Braun's sister, and survived the war, unlike her sister,

who committed suicide (using a cyanide capsule), along with Hitler in the Berlin underground

bunker on the 30th of April 1945, only a few hours before the advancing Russians broke into

the bunker.

 

 

Iam not even going to attempt to identify every person who appears in the home movies,

as there have been many cases of mistaken identity in various books, identifying Eva as

Gretl, and vice versa. The two sisters looked similar, and to make matters more complicated,

changed their appearance on a regular basis. A third sister, Ilse Braun, who appears

occasionally in the movies, also looks similar to her two sisters.

 

Other complications include Eva's best friend, Herta Schneider, sometimes being labelled

as Gretl Braun, plus a number of other inconsistencies.

 

I will therefore only identify individuals whose identity Iam absolutely sure of.

 

The scenes are not in chronological order, and the film seems to have been spliced together

haphazardly, resulting in a rather confusing sequence of events. One scene may be from 1938,

with the next scene from 1941, followed by a scene from 1937.

 

Nevertheless, the home movies of Eva Braun provide us with invaluable moving picture records

from the 20th Century during the Third Reich - both before and during the war.

 

 

Start of DVD Volume 1 :-

 

The first scene is in black and white and shows a group of people in the water at the

bottom of a waterfall in 1938 or 1939.

This scene is normally regarded as being one of the two waterfalls at Lake Konigsee

in the Bavarian Alps, not far from the town of Berchtesgaden, but some sources have

recognised the waterfall as the Rothbach Waterfall at Lake Obersee (Upper Lake).

It is a cascading waterfall, not a 'one drop' type fall, and we also see some people at

various levels above the bottom of the falls sliding into some of the shallow cascade pools.

 

 

Originally, Lake Obersee was simply part of the Konigsee lake, but an avalanche in ancient

times separated the two. More effort is required to get to Lake Obersee than to the main

lake at Konigsee.

 

The first person in the group to be easily recognized is Eva Braun's mother, Fanny. She

is the only person wearing a bathing cap, and approaches the bottom of the waterfall

rather cautiously.

 

Eva Braun is seen sitting on the bank, and then she too approaches the bottom of the

waterfall, but at a much quicker pace than her mother. It should be noted that in this scene

Eva is not wearing a swimming costume. (The Australian word is "starkers").

 

Next we see Eva sitting on the bank again, watching her father, "Fritz" Braun in the water.

He is easily identified by his bald head, and black swimming trunks with a white stripe on each

side.

 

Fritz and Fanny are then seen leaving the water, and we move onto the next scene away

from the waterfall, but still in the Konigsee area.

 

 

The next scene (also in black and white), shows one of the women washing items in the lake.

Behind her, we can see a tree with three trunks jutting out over the lake. This is one of Eva's

favourite spots, and the tree will be seen many times throughout her home movies.

A rowing boat can be seen on the other side of the tree.

 

Eva is sitting on a towel wearing a two piece bathing outfit, with a wrist watch on her

left arm. Her father is sitting on a towel smoking a pipe. One of Eva's black scottish

terriers makes a brief appearance. Eva had two scottish terriers commonly referred

to as "Negus" and "Stasi".

 

 

The next scene shows a group of people, allegedly at Eva's house in Munich, at 12

Wasserburgstrasse (now Delpstrasse). Eva and Gretl moved into the house in March

1936. Hitler had Heinrich Hoffmann purchase it for 30,000 Reichsmarks.

We see the group sitting in front of a large fireplace. Apparantely Ilse Braun is one

of them, so she is probably the third from the left, with Fanny Braun next to her, and

Gretl on the far left. Gretl has a short boyish style haircut (see picture below).

We see a close-up of Herta Schneider with her husband and daughter. Herta is wearing

a coat and smoking a cigarette. I can't give you her husband's first name as I don't know

what it is. It seems that he's of such small importance in the overall scheme of things, that

he's always referred to as "Herta's husband". The name 'Erwin' has been suggested, but

nobody seems to know for certain !

 

 

 

Gretl Braun (left) and her mother Fanny, at Eva's house in Munich.

 

 

 

We see a close-up of the Schneiders again in the next scene, but this time it's back at

the Konigsee at Eva's favourite spot near the tree overhanging the lake (see picture below).

The picture is still in black and white. Eva's mother Fanny is seen patting one of the scottish terriers.

Somebody is seen venturing into the water (possibly Eva), and then suddenly, we're back

at the waterfall again ! Four girls are seen holding hands at the bottom of the falls.

 

 

 

 

Eva Braun's best friend Herta Schneider and her husband (Herr Schneider) at the lake.

 

 

 

We then go back to the 'tree overhanging the lake' spot, where we see Eva's mum Fanny,

and one of the girls who proceedes to climb up the tree. This is the same girl who was seen

washing items in the lake earlier on. It is definitely not Eva.

 

 

 

 

The picture below was taken at the Konigsee in 1941, and shows a very suntanned

Herta Schneider on the right, and Eva Braun on the left with one of her scottish terriers -

 

                Eva Braun (left) and Herta Schneider in 1941.

 

 

 

 

 

 Next, we see some more lake and waterfall scenes, and then suddenly, we

are on top of the Kehlstein Range, on the grass adjacent to the Kehlsteinhaus

(Eagle's Nest), high above everything on the Obersalzberg, including the Berghof.

It could be late 1938 or the summer of 1939 as the Kehlsteinhaus was not completed

until August 1938, and the road to the carpark in October of that year.

 

Four portable "banana lounges" are seen facing south - towards the sun.

(In Australia, the lounges would have to point northwards to face the sun).

Three girls in swimming costumes each occupy a "banana lounge". The fourth

is occupied by Eva's dad, Fritz Braun. His wife Fanny is sitting on the grass next to

him, and their "banana lounge" is well removed from the other three, giving the

girls an opportunity to engage in 'girl talk'.

 

The 3 girls are seen smoking and drinking wine. Herta Schneider occupies the

"banana lounge" in the middle (see picture below). Gretl is seen on the left

(nearest the Kehlsteinhaus), and Ilse Braun is on the right. She has short dark

 hair similar to Gretl.

 

 

 

 

 

                  Herta Schneider at the Kehlstein.

 

 

 

 

 

Herta's husband (whats-his-name) is probably inside the Kehlsteinhaus with

the other men in the group, but we don't get to see them.

 

About the " Berfhof "

 

In October of 1928, Hitler rented the "Haus Wachenfeld" on the Obersalzberg

for about 100 marks per month.

In 1933, after he became Chancellor, he purchased the house, and over the

next 3 years the house was completely refurbished and enlarged, and on

completion was renamed the "Berghof".

In late 1937, Hitler's half sister Angela moved out of the Berghof, and Eva

Braun was then (finally) given permission to move into the Berghof on a permanent

basis with her two scottish terriers, Stasi and Negus.

 

Around that time, Hitler engaged Dr. Morell as his personal physician, on Eva Braun's

recommendation, and also in 1937, Martin Bormann acquired his own house overlooking

the Berghof. Bormann then set about building up the settlement on the Obersalzberg

surrounding the Berghof.

 

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The next scene shows a group of people, including children and a scottish

terrier on a leash, walking down the front steps of the Berghof towards a waiting

bus, which is most likely going to take them on a shopping trip down to Berchtesgaden,

or even as far as Munich.

 

 

Next, we see Hitler inside the Berghof shaking hands with various people, and talking

to 3 men - Adolf Wagner (left), Heinrich Hoffman (centre), and Martin Bormann (right).

Adolf Wagner is easily recognized as he has a bald head and a lagre 'crease' on the

left-hand side of his head, just in front of his ear.

Martin Bormann was a tough, no-nonsense, threatening man who was subservient only

in the presence of Hitler. It was Bormann who was responsible for establishing the

community on the Obersalzberg. It was also his idea to build the Kehlsteinhaus and the access

road and tunnels.

It is after September1 1939, because Hitler is wearing his 'military' jacket with the eagle

on the upper left arm (instead of the armband with the big swastika). He wore this grey

jacket and black trousers outfit throughout the war, complete with his Party badge, Iron

Cross first class, and the black Wound Badge (at the bottom).

His personal adjutant, Wilhelm Bruckner, makes a brief appearance in the background,

when he looks over Ilse Braun's shoulder. Ilse is standing next to hitler, and is wearing

a fur coat.

A tall large man, Bruckner was sometimes referred to as "the gentle giant". He left the

Berghof sometime in 1940, and was replaced by Julius Schaub.

 

The picture below shows Martin Bormann and Adolf Wagner sitting on the wall of the

terrace at the Berghof -

 

  Martin Bormann (left) & Adolf Wagner on the terrace at the Berghof.

 

 

 

 

A panoramic view of the Obersalzberg in colour.

 

At 14 minutes and 35 seconds into DVD1, we are treated to a panoramic view of the

Obersalzberg ( in colour), beginning with a distant view of Martin Bormann's house,

followed by views of the spectacular mountain peaks as seen through the large

"picture window" in the main hall on the ground floor of the Berghof. The glassed "picture

window" has been lowered into the wall recess to give a clearer view.

No trace of Martin Bormann's large house remains today.

 

Next, we get a view of the lookout situated on a rocky outcrop known as the Mooslahner

Kopf. There is a wooden fence built at the edge of the lookout, and a wooden bench seat

is provided for sightseers. The Mooslahner Teehaus is located nearby, and we see Hitler

enter the tea house and sit down in one of the large floral lounge chairs, waiting for afternoon

tea to be served.

The main section of the Mooslahner Teehaus consists of an 8 metre round pavilion with a round

wooden table in the centre, surrounded by floral chairs. The building was completed in 1937.

Hitler and his entourage used to walk there from the Berghof in the afternoons, following a strict

pecking order with Hitler up front with his chosen walking companion, and the rest of his entourage

spread out along the path behind him. Not a trace of the teehaus remains today. The last remnants

were removed a few years ago.

 

             The afternoon walk to the Mooslahner Kopf.

 

 

 

The picture below, taken from Eva's Home Movies (around 1943), shows

Eva Braun (right), her father Fritz, mother Fanny, and sister Gretl.

 

           From right - Eva Braun, Fritz Braun, Fanny Braun, Gretl Braun.

 

 

 

After the panoramic view of the Obersalzberg, there are more lake scenes, including

a group of people playing around with a rubber raft, people diving off diving boards,

a display of gymnastics, more sun bathing, and a water skiing segment.

 

We also see a group of girls on the terrace at the Berghof sun bathing and playing

table tennis. This is followed by more diving board scenes at the lake, a rowing boat

scene, and more sun bathing and acrobatics.

 

"Punktchen" am Berg.

At 30 minutes into the DVD, the title "Punktchen" am Berg appears on the film.

This translates into dot (or spot) at the Berghof. It's unclear what the 'dot' is, but

one possibility is that "Punktchen" is a nickname for Eva Braun's friend, who appears

immediately after the title. Eva and her friend are seen suntanning on the Berghof terrace.

Her friend is wearing a one-piece floral swimming costume, and there follows a scene where

she sits on the wall of the terrace posing for the camera. This girl, whose name we don't know,

has often been mistaken for Eva Braun. She has medium length light coloured hair, with big

curls at the back. The fact that the word punktchen is placed in inverted commas in the title,

indicates to me that this is the girl's nickname.

Gerda Bormann, the wife of Martin Bormann, appears in this segment sitting on the terrace

sewing. She has dark hair with a full length part in the centre.

 

 

Colour picture of Inge Ley, wife of Dr. Robert Ley.

 

One of the women seen very briefly in the background of one of the scenes

is Inge Ley, wife of Dr. Robert Ley, chief of the German Labour Front.

Inge made a number of visits to the Berghof, and even visited the Kehlsteinhaus

after its completion in 1938.

The view was so brief, it was almost impossible to recognize her, so I have

posted a separate picture (not part of Eva Braun's home movies), showing

Inge Ley attending a function in Munich in 1939. Inge Ley was a natural blonde

and a former actress.

The picture below shows Inge Ley (left) in Munich, with her husband in 1939.

 

 

 

       Inge Ley (wife of Dr. Robert Ley) in Munich in 1939.

 

 

 

 

At 30.37.50, we see Hitler sitting on the Berghof terrace reading a newspaper.

He then gets up and strolls over to have a chat with his architect, Albert Speer,

before commencing the afternoon walk to the Mooslahner teahaus.

 

Next, we see Hitler back on the Berghof terrace talking to two of the Speer children.

This is followed by some scenes of Hitler on his own, including pointing at the camera

person, and looking at the mountain scenery from the terrace. He is then seen talking to

some other men.

 

After that, there are two scenes of Eva Braun picking flowers in a field.

In the second scene she is accompanied by Herta Schneider. Eva is wearing

a checkered top with white sleeves.

 

Following that, we cop a few under-exposed scenes of Hitler talking to some men inside

the Berghof, including Martin Bormann and von Ribbentrop.

 

The next scene shows Joseph Goebbels arriving at the Berghof by car, and receiving

an over-enthusiastic handshake from Julius Schaub, at the top of the  stairs.

Then there are more scenes of what we have seen before (mountain views, etc.),

followed by a segment where Heinrich Himmler is seen talking to Reinhard Heydrich

on the terrace, and then a scene where Hitler is looking at a photograph with a large

magnifying glass. He then hands the magnifying glass to Julius Schaub, with Hermann

Esser watching on in the background.

 

Next, there is a lineup of SS men on the terrace, followed by a scene showing a group

of people gathered around a table on the left-hand side of the terrace. Three of the

women sitting at the table are Hanni Morell (wife of Dr. Morell), Christa Schroder (secretary),

and Herta Schneider.

 

In the next scene, we see Hanni Morell sitting at another table (on the terrace) with

Heinrich Hoffmann and von Ribbentrop (see picture below).

 

  Hanni Morrell (wife of Dr. Morell) at the Berghof with von Ribbentrop.

 

 

 

 

Scenes using DVD counter numbers :-

 

040:51:48 - Hitler and von Ribbentrop enter the teehaus at the Mooslahner Kopf

and sit down in the floral chairs.

 

040:52:00 - View of the road to the Kehlstein in 1938. The road has not yet been sealed,

but there is guttering on the left-hand side, and a safety rail on the right-hand side.

 

040:52:53 - Start of a panoramic sweep of the mountains in winter, taken from the

Kehlsteinhaus.

 

040:53:42 - This is an interesting scene. Eva Braun is seen with a group of children. A

young boy emerges from the right of the screen, giving a mock army salute to the cameraman,

who, presumably, is wearing some type of uniform. Eva laughs and calls the young boy over to her.

I think he may be one of the Bormann children.

 

040:54:20 - Group of people sitting around a table, including Frau Morell and Adolf Wagner.

 

040:54:36 - Hitler sitting on the terrace wall reading from a piece of paper. Julius Schaub

is on the left, and Adolf Wagner is on the right.

 

040:55:01 - Hitler standing on the terrace wearing his civilian suit and hat talking to Hanni

Morell (right) and another woman.

 

040:55:35 - Hitler talking to Dr. Theodor Morell and Hermann Esser. Dr. Morell is wearing glasses

and a dark suit. Hermann Esser has a moustache similar to Hitler.

 

040:56:42 - Eva Braun has her arm around Franz Xaver Schwarz, the Party treasurer (man

with white hair and glasses). Frau Schwarz is on the left.

 

051:11:50 - Heinrich Hoffman (left) with Baldur von Schirach at the Kehlstein (see picture below).

Schirach, the Hitler Youth leader at that time, was married to Hoffmann's daughter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Baldur von Schirach (right) and Heinrich Hoffmann at the Kehlstein.

Note the path in the background leading to the summit of the Kehlstein spur.

The Kehlsteinhaus is just out of sight in the foreground.

 

 

 

061:19.18 -  Sepp Dietrich sitting on wall of terrace at Berghof.

 

061:25:54 - Fanny Braun (Eva's mother) and Herr Schneider on the terrace.

 

071.32.08 - 'Bird in bathroom sink' segment goes on for 2 minutes 40 seconds !

 

071:34:52 - Erich Kempka (Hitler's chaffeur) with Sepp Dietrich.

 

071:38:27 - Marriage ceremony of Gretl Braun to Hermann Fegelein in June 1944

                    at Salzberg. Guests include Martin Bormann and Heinrich Himmler.

 

071:41:40 - The two daughters of Herta Schneider.

 

071:44:30 - Herta Schneider, her husband, and their dog (a white terrier). The

                    Schneider's white terrier is seen in a number of scenes. He has a short

                    stumpy tail and a black patch on his left side.

 

081:47:05 - Hitler with the two Schneider children.

 

081:48:18 - The two schneider girls looking at rabbits in a cage on the grass

                    lawn just behind the left-hand side of the terrace.

 

081:51:25 - Herta Schneider dressing her youngest daughter.

 

081:52:16 - Eva Braun (right) and Herta standing behind the rear of a car,

                    followed by a scene with Herta and her husband behind the same car.

 

 

 

                                                         END OF DVD NO.1.

 

 

 

 

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"One has to be a cobblestone..not to be shattered" - Jack L Warner

 

"One has to be a cobblestone or a diamond not to be shattered by

the hardness of most people. Perhaps it is much harder to struggle

against oneself than against fate".

 

The above was found written on the back of an unsent French postcard

by Jack L.Warner.

The date is unknown, but it was possibly written in 1958 when Jack was

holidaying in France. The postcard was found stashed away in an old box

by Cass Warner, grand-daughter of Harry Warner.

 

Jack Warner was one of the four Warner Brothers who brought the world

the first 'talking picture' in 1927. It was titled "The Jazz Singer", but the

soundtrack was not on the film.

The sound came from a 16 inch record, and was synchronised with

the picture on the screen. This sound-on-disc system was invented by

Western Electric, and was purchased from them in 1925 by Harry Warner

for $7 million.

 

The system required some modification to enable 'acceptable' synchronization

between picture and sound, and this was carried out by Sam Warner, the technical

expert of the four brothers. Sam named the new system "Vitaphone".

Unfortunately, Sam died of a cerebral hemorrhage just before the premiere of

The Jazz Singer.

 

 

 

By the early 1930's, most films were made with the soundtrack on the film strip

itself, eliminating the need for a separate sound producing source, such as the

gramaphone (record player) used in the Vitaphone system.

 

The Warner Brothers real family name was Wonskolaser, but was 'Americanized'

to Warner by their father, after he arrived in North America from Russia.

 

Jack Warner was born in Canada in 1892, and died in California in 1978.

 

 

 

 

 

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Dark energy and the cyclic death and rebirth of the Universe.

 

Not too many years ago, scientists were unsure whether the universe

would continue to expand, or whether the rate of expansion

would eventually stop and go into reverse, resulting in a 'big crunch'.

 

Recent research has shown that the rate of expansion is actually

INCREASING , and this means that the universe will continue to expand

until it reaches a point where it will 'tear itself apart'.

 

Not only galaxies and planets will be torn apart, but so too will all

matter, including all life forms.

Molecules will be reduced to individual atoms, atoms will be reduced

to particles, and the particles will eventually revert back to the "dark

energy" from whence they emerged, leaving only a cold dark void.

 

The universe will have passed away, and all matter will have disappeared.

 

However, the outlook is not depressingly hopeless. Matter has NOT been totally

destroyed !

We know from the basic laws of physics that matter cannot be created or

destroyed - it can only be changed from one form into another.

 

It may be many millions of years, but a point will be reached where

the invisible "dark energy" will start to convert itself into fundamental

particles, and this in turn will eventually result in another 'big bang', bringing

about the birth of a new (but different) expanding universe, which, in turn,

will be 'torn to pieces' by its own expansion.

 

Thus, the cycle of birth and death of the universe will continue indefinitely.

 

How many universes have there been ? This is something we will never know

We would have to rely on records for the answer, and as ALL matter is converted

into energy at the end of each cycle, there would be nowhere in the universe where

we could safely store records which would survive into the next universe.

 

The only thing we can say with any certainty is that that each new universe would

be governed by the universal laws of physics, and the process would continue

indefinitely, regardless of the emergence of new life forms in any given cycle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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