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God afton, herr Wallenberg (1990)
A bleak story ,yes but no cheery way to tell it...
Yes it is a very bleak story...but then taking into account that this happened in a besieged city with a De facto occupation frequent air raids fanatical right-wing mobs roaming about the fear of the Soviets falling on the town any moment and to top it all fanatical Race Crusaders exemplified by Adolf"Guten Abends Herr Wallenberg!"Eichmann...well...this ain't exactly Pollyanna!Raoul Wallenberg was definitely the classic "stuck between a rock and a hard spot"kind of guy...sadly he was what we would now call a collateral victim of the bigger realities of politics and yet he represents the best of Humanity...Go figure-Carlos Aneiro
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
A Priceless & Poignant Historical Document
This film is an unintended historical document.It shows the daily and very ordinary goings-on aboard a typical battle wagon in the 1930's.Only that, because U.S.S. Arizona was at the moment available for filming,now we can see this as a poignant reminder of a great ship & its gallant crew,some of which would still call her home on Dec 7 1941.Note Also that much of the action on board centers round the vicinity of turret 1,where the big explosion would happen,and which remains to this day the only complete remaining turret aboard ship.Also to watch all the pomp used then,frock coats fore&aft hats&all,leggings in boot camp,full uniform for maneuvering dirigibles(a rigid ship,e/o aboard in full uniform,no jumpsuits mind u,dates the way it was)U.S.S. Macon on Moffet, then on Mines Field(Angelenos dig it up well;that prairie is now LAX!)But a/a BB39.I,m from Ponce in PUR,& in 1931 she visited us bringing Herbert Hoover with her. So for this and the other reasons,and many more,I consider this a priceless historical document.What do YOU think? Carlos Aneiro