| KEN BROWN'S SCRAPBOOK |
| While I was in Aruba
attending the 2006 Aruba Reunion Ken Brown's daughter Vicki and her
husband Peter gave me the scrapbook she had from her father.
It contained so much material and information that I had to split it into
parts. Here are the parts. |
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 KEN BROWN'S HOME
MOVIES
REMEMBER, THIS FILM WAS EXPOSED IN 1942 SO IT IS NOW 55 YEAR OLD,
SOME OF THE FOOTAGE IS BAD BUT MY SON WAS ABLE TO ENHANCE SOME OF IT,
SEE BELOW. |
| THESE HOME MOVIES
HAVE BEEN CUT SHORT AND DONE IN LOW RESOLUTION, IN ORDER
FOR THEM TO LOAD AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. IT STILL MAY TAKE
SOME TIME FOR THEM TO LOAD. |
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QUALITY OF THE MOVIES ARE GOOD WHEN KEN LEAVES NEW YORK AND ARRIVES IN
ARUBA, THE CRICKET GAME AND ISLAND TOUR ARE ALSO GOOD QUALITY. THE
FOOTAGE OF THE U. S. TROOPS ARRIVING IS POOR BECAUSE IT SEEMS THE
SHUTTER WAS STICKING. I BELIEVE THAT THE SALT CONDITIONS IN ARUBA
PROBABLY GOT TO KEN'S CAMERA AND CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE SHUTTER, THUS
THE LIGHT AND DARK PATCHES. |
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| KEN'S TRIP, NEW
YORK TO ARUBA |
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KEN'S TANKER TRIP TO
ARUBA - 1941 - WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER |
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NEXT CLIP IS AT THE SAME RESOLUTION AS THE ONE ABOVE ONLY I CHANGED THE
CONTRAST, THIS GIVE THE FILM MORE OF A "WASHED OUT" LOOK BUT IT IS CLEARER ON SOME OF
THE SHOTS, CHECK BOTH CLIPS OF THE SAME MOVIE AND SEE WHICH YOU PREFER.
THERE ARE NOT TITLES ON THIS SECOND CLIP AND THE SECTION ON NEW YORK IS
LEFT OFF THE CLIP. |
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KEN'S TANKER TRIP TO
ARUBA - 1941 - WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER - ENHANCED |
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| U
S TROOPS & AIRCRAFT ARRIVE IN ARUBA |
| IN TWO FORMATS |
| ONE OR BOTH MAY NOT
PLAY ON YOUR COMPUTER |
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U S TROOPS ARRIVE IN ARUBA -
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER |
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U S TROOPS ARRIVE IN ARUBA -
QUICK TIME PLAYER FORMAT |
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| A CRICKET
GAME IN
ARUBA, 1941 |
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CRICKET IN ARUBA
- 1941 |
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| THE ARUBA COUNTRY SIDE |
| THIS MOVIE IS IN TWO
PARTS and PRESENTED IN TWO FORMATS |
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| PAUL'S ENHANCED
FOOTAGE |
| MY SON PAUL ENHANCED
THESE MOVIES USING VERY EXPENSIVE SOFTWARE, THIS IS THE RESULTS.
NOTE THAT SOME OF THE FOOTAGE ABOVE IS BETTER THAN THE ENHANCED, THAT IS
BECAUSE I USED ONLY THE BEST FOOTAGE, THE ENHANCED USED ALL THE
FOOTAGE AND MADE IT ALL AVERAGE. THESE CLIPS ARE LONGER THAN THE
ONES ABOVE.
PLEASE ALLOW TIME FOR THE BUFFER TO DOWN LOAD. |
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LEAVING NEW YORK |
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COMPLETE
ISSUES OF
THE ARUBA ESSO
NEWS |
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ARUBA
ESSO NEWS- MARCH 10, 1944 |
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SINGLE PAGES OF THE ARUBA ESSO NEWS |
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