Splitting a white oak log with black powder; a how-to with descriptions of actions. Boring a hole, loading with fuse, black powder, and dry dirt. Nice explosion action at end of video. More info at Truebluesam.blogspot .com.
Demonstration of method to hinge a tree lodged against another tree. Open face and bore cut used to make a hinge. More info at www.truebluesam.blog spot.com.
Slide and video show of MCRR Number 2 and Number 6 Baldwin locomotives at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, at annual Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers Reunion. Fiddle music soundtrack.
78rpm Victor record of Tea For Two, from the 1925 musical, No No Nanette. Song by Irving Caesar and Vincent Youmans; performed by Helen Clark and Lewis James.
Recitation of poem by Great War veteran Robert Service, set in the trenches of WWI. Story occurs on January 25, Robert Burns' birthday. Performed by WWI reenactor at Eisenhower home, Gettysburg, PA, in May of 1999.
Unusual two stroke engine used for pumping oil wells. More info at Truebluesam.blogspot .com. The sound is lousy, I know. I had a cheap camera. Next fall at this show I will do this one again with a better camera and put together another sequence with good sound. David N
Comedy song by the great Scottish entertainer Harry Lauder on Victor disc 70107. Twelve inch extended play with amusing narrative. Played on a Brunswick phonograph
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