EUROPE COLLECTION
Cembra, Italy March 30/75
[ID 1 0:11]
idling engine
light rain
muffled voices
whistling on and off throughout take
4:32 confusion of voices
footstep on wet slushy pavement
6:09 car pulls up close to mike
continuous ambience of voices of all ages
some pieces clearer than others as people pass closer to the mike
7:50 church bells start up
bells reduce most ambience to a quiet hum
children screaming take over the bells as they slow to a stop
traffic and voice take over the ambience again -- lots of car doors and footsteps
18:05 footsteps inside lobby briefly
[ID 2 22:54]
10:00 a.m.
general ambience of voices, footsteps and vehicles pulling up and parking or starting and leaving
7:00 all quiet except for the rain and the birds are audible again with occasional voices and cars
[ID 3 33:24]
opens with confusion of voices (3 min) and car nearby
11:00 a.m. - two-tone siren in background
"first one in Europe"
car horn 2:06, 2:31, 2:56, 3:41
second siren 2:48 close by 4:32, 4:53 (two sirens)
whistling starts up again then excitement again as siren starts up again
8:29 boys imitating alto opera otherwise general ambience
11:05 car with bad squeal
singing, laughing at end.
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