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Whodunnit?

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 2:10 pm
by gramophone78
Whodunnit.jpg

Re: Whodunnit?

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:08 pm
by drh

(Double-click the video above or click this link to go to the video on YouTube.)


Re: Whodunnit?

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 4:52 am
by epigramophone
This Decca "Trench" portable gramophone was shot but survived into preservation :

Re: Whodunnit?

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:53 am
by HMVDevotee
What an incredible image; a chilling piece of history. I hope this is in a British museum.
Robert

Re: Whodunnit?

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 12:26 pm
by Nat
Surely that's a 'phonocide' - a term we really need to cover some of the mangled corpses we find.

Re: Whodunnit?

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 1:31 pm
by epigramophone
HMVDevotee wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:53 am What an incredible image; a chilling piece of history. I hope this is in a British museum.
Robert
It is preserved in the Science Museum. Here is it's story : https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/the-g ... diered-on/

Re: Whodunnit?

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 4:48 pm
by HMVDevotee
epigramophone wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 1:31 pm
HMVDevotee wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:53 am What an incredible image; a chilling piece of history. I hope this is in a British museum.
Robert
It is preserved in the Science Museum. Here is it's story : https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/the-g ... diered-on/
Very interesting read... thanks!
Robert