River Folk - Songs of the Organ (1944)

Legendary musician Reginald Foort bashes out some crowdpleasers on the Compton organ at the Ambassador Cinema in Hounslow. In this edition, all the tunes are river-related: after two songs set around the Thames, courtesy of Harry Compton and the Eton College Choral Society, we travel to Eastern Europe - or at least, an unconvincing set designed to look like Eastern Europe, where ersatz Russian peasants treat us to a rousing chorus of Ya Vass Lublu. Na zdorovje! (Alex Davidson)

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[AeganMontgomery]

So glad to see these 'old' films are still around. Great old songs, good memories.

Aegan

[char4him99]

Amazing. Loved it. Glad some of this hasn't been lost forever. Thanks for posting it and saving it.

[skippyrandom]

take me back.

[shirliechau]

I am very glad to see this classic piece.

fantastic sharing.

[MhicWombat]

I love the "veddy English" take on "Old Man River" for the Thames :-)

[MaximinusSentius]

Thanks for uploading this classic piece of film.

★★★★★