Musaire (1938)

Studio. Instrumentalist Musaire - plays “Bird Song“ on a rather unusual instrument “magic notes plucked from he ether by this master musician“ - says voiceover. The instrument has two aerials and he produces sound by moving his hands towards and away from them. Instrument produces range of vibrating sounds most of which are high pitch and resemble the sound produced by a saw. As he plays, the images of the skies, clouds and trees are changing. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. Al