Django Reinhardt - Moten Swing - Paris, 08.12.1945 video free download
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Duration: 02:12
Uploaded: 2010/08/30
Django Reinhardt and the Air Transport Command Band (A.T.C.) directed by Sergent Jack Platt
Herb Bass, Jerry Stephan, Robin Gould (tp); Lonnie Wilfong (tp & arr.); Bill Decker, Don Gardner, Shelton Heath, John Kirkpatrick (tb); Jim Hayes (cl & as); Joe Moser (as); Bernie Cavaliere, Bill Zickefoose (ts); Ken Lowther (bs); Larry Mann (p); Bob Decker (b); Bill Bethel (dm); Django Reinhardt (g solo)
1945 December 8 - NBC radio program A.F.N. Studios Parisiens, Paris
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9 years ago
soigon
I think the announcer is being sarcastic.12 years ago
alexwirtz68
Well, seems you are hearing the same as me, I thought it was my ears! I guess, yeah, it makes sense if you take it as "we've done the bombs, now here's the education". One for the samples folder, I think ...12 years ago
Heinz Becker
I'm not trying to explain. The American Troops were send to Europe to fight and bomb the Nazis to submission. They had to be told something as motivation to fight. A lot of those soldiers had (as of today in other situation) no idea or info about Europe and the Nazis. Unfortunately this attitude is still there. See Vietnam, Irak and Afghanistan. Granada is to small to mention.12 years ago
alexwirtz68
Er, not sure that really explains anything. It's a weird juxtaposition whether in wartime or in peace. (And it's peacetime, BTW: this is 8th December, not 12th August as in the US date format. Which really would have been sick 3 days after Nagasaki...)12 years ago
Heinz Becker
look at the date. the announcer was a military man.12 years ago
alexwirtz68
Did I mishear the announcer at the start, or is he really saying: 'Bombs and education (is the best combination for the future that we know)'? Insert blindingly obvious witticism about US foreign policy here ...Related Videos
