I remember watching the Trade Tests in the school hols, and Evoluon I've never forgotten because o 'The Frog'!My neighbours at the time were dutch and I asked 'Wat iz Ik ben de Kicker? Zoot Dankje Vel!
@tubesnova I am not certain, but the vocals sound like a French fifties/sixties jazz singing group called The Blue Notes, from amongst whom the Swingle singers were eventually formed. Tony
This was great to see ! Even though I was born in 1967, I visited the Evoluon quite a few times. Thinks I remembered from this film were the gigantic Nixie tubes indicating the number of visitors, the speaker set-ups with the fans etc. and that colorful "kermis" (fun-fair) scene with the color camera (which must have been pretty cool in 1969 ! Sad that it closed, but they couldn't keep up with technology. I _loved_ the whole atmosphere in the building. Like another world.....thanks !
How great it is to be able to see this short film again from the early 70's. Was thinking about it the other day, tried good old You Tube and Hey Presto!
Some of the music reminds me of the idyll of some aspects of the Netherlands and Belgium... a glorious feeling of freedom from the "slavery" and restrictions of when I was with the Jehovah's Witnesses.
I remember watching the Trade Tests in the school hols, and Evoluon I've never forgotten because o 'The Frog'!My neighbours at the time were dutch and I asked 'Wat iz Ik ben de Kicker? Zoot Dankje Vel!
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sonyastar 11 months ago
This place inspired many young people to love technology.
Wonkabar007 1 year ago
I used to watch this over and over again as a kid of 8 or 9. Parts of it are quite nightmarish at that age......
Groonblatt 1 year ago
Wonderful to see this again. I remember it as a young T.V. engineer in the 'sixties when the BBC used it as a colour test film.
It seemed like anything was possoble in those optimistic days!.
23565120 1 year ago
@tubesnova I am not certain, but the vocals sound like a French fifties/sixties jazz singing group called The Blue Notes, from amongst whom the Swingle singers were eventually formed. Tony
23565120 1 year ago
i still live in eindhoven and passed week i had to build up a conference booth for my employee in the Evoluon.
its too bad all the exibits are gone :( but the elevator and the interior is still much the same :)
biglift1 2 years ago 2
Great stuff. I would visit Evoluon regularly in the early '70s with my family, and remember many of those exhibits.
Those physics of sound demos played a key role in developing my interest in audio, a field I continue to work in to this day.
gotham61 3 years ago
This was great to see ! Even though I was born in 1967, I visited the Evoluon quite a few times. Thinks I remembered from this film were the gigantic Nixie tubes indicating the number of visitors, the speaker set-ups with the fans etc. and that colorful "kermis" (fun-fair) scene with the color camera (which must have been pretty cool in 1969 ! Sad that it closed, but they couldn't keep up with technology. I _loved_ the whole atmosphere in the building. Like another world.....thanks !
AtariAndre42 3 years ago
How great it is to be able to see this short film again from the early 70's. Was thinking about it the other day, tried good old You Tube and Hey Presto!
lightninghector 3 years ago
Some of the music reminds me of the idyll of some aspects of the Netherlands and Belgium... a glorious feeling of freedom from the "slavery" and restrictions of when I was with the Jehovah's Witnesses.
HUG49 4 years ago