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glyn · 03-10-2008, 15:54 PM

The last in the long running Albert Kahn series was screened tonight.

I learned that he was ruined in the Wall Street crash and virtually everything he owned went to auction, including his house and furniture but he retained his colour slides and film. The last of the films were themseves in colour. He escaped the fate of many French jews when the Nazis invaded and died in his bed in 1940 aged 80. The collection he left is a unique archive, and thanks to the TV series, one we can all share.

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glyn *Military Professional* Join Date: 09-15-06 Location: Penzance, Cornwall UK Posts: 6,886	The last in the long running Albert Kahn series was screened tonight. I learned that he was ruined in the Wall Street crash and virtually everything he owned went to auction, including his house and furniture but he retained his colour slides and film. The last of the films were themseves in colour. He escaped the fate of many French jews when the Nazis invaded and died in his bed in 1940 aged 80. The collection he left is a unique archive, and thanks to the TV series, one we can all share. __________________ Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.