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these are audio-video clips
from
www.passports.com
They document the European travel
experiences of American students over
a period of some forty years.
Video playback requires a broadband
connection, a 1024x768 display, and
a (free) RealOne
Player.
Play the last video:
A Tribute to New Orleans
Lori Deweese, hurricane evacuee, gets a job at
passports.
2005. Streaming broadband only. Stereo. 03:33. |
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The audio-video clips also appear, one or two at a time,
on the various travel itinerary pages to which they are thought to be most
appropriate. They are meant to be viewed in a broadband (DSL, cable, T1 or
better) computer environment, with good stereo loudspeakers.
These "mini-movies" document the European travel
experiences of young American students and their teachers over a period of
some forty years.
They fall into three main categories: one, very recent
(2000-2005); two, mid-eighties (pre-global terrorism), and three,
late-sixties (new 707 and DC-8 jets, man on the moon, early flocking of
Americans overseas). The evolving mind-set over time of these visitors to
Europe is easily discernable by a careful viewer, and is a source of insight
into the changing motives, hopes and aspirations animating overseas travel.
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