Comments on: Monday, 31 May 1909 http://airminded.org/2009/05/31/monday-31-may-1909/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monday-31-may-1909 Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/05/31/monday-31-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-106220 Brett Holman Sun, 31 May 2009 15:50:58 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1891#comment-106220 Very true! They seem like a functional equivalent of summer blockbusters, or (going back aways) the Romans flooding the Coliseum for mock naval battles, or (going sideways) <a href="http://airminded.org/2007/03/29/the-changing-meaning-of-air-shows/" rel="nofollow">contemporary air shows</a>. I wonder if anyone has recaptured this genre for us. There are a few Brock's Benefits images on the web, which is a start: <a href="http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/bromley/crystal-palace/fireworks.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/libs/hay/focus/fireworks/display.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://epicfireworks.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/old-firework-poster-brocks-crystal-palace-fireworks/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://www.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/firework.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/castlekay/1276184158/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/2lw7dgtyidtqb/xtu80u/handbills%20(1).jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a> (a handbill). Very true! They seem like a functional equivalent of summer blockbusters, or (going back aways) the Romans flooding the Coliseum for mock naval battles, or (going sideways) contemporary air shows.

I wonder if anyone has recaptured this genre for us. There are a few Brock's Benefits images on the web, which is a start: here, here, here, here, here and here (a handbill).

]]> By: Jonathan Dresner http://airminded.org/2009/05/31/monday-31-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-106218 Jonathan Dresner Sun, 31 May 2009 15:14:35 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1891#comment-106218 The bit about the fireworks is fascinating. We're so conditioned to think of "fireworks" as meaning just the high-flying exploding shells, that a whole genre has been more or less lost to us. The bit about the fireworks is fascinating. We're so conditioned to think of "fireworks" as meaning just the high-flying exploding shells, that a whole genre has been more or less lost to us.

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