1614 total sounds
  • Flax ring spinning frame

    The Flax ring spinning frame of the brand Mackie and Sons Ltd., constructed in 1955, was originally in use in the Bielefelder Textile Vocational School....
  • Carpet beater

    The carpet beater from the 1970s served as a household tool for cleaning carpets. This example is a privately owned keepsake. Differently than with a vacuum...
  • Metro

    Metro train arrives in the station Saint-Catherine, with sounds of arrival, opening of doors, buzzer, closing of doors, departure. The Brussels Intercommunal...
  • Floating mill – water wheel (Island of Love)

    Sound of the water wheel of the floating mill on the Island of Love. The mill is mounted on two interconnected floating platforms (boats) and can be moved...
  • Floating mill – grinding stones (Island of Love)

    Sound of the floating mill in operation (grinding stones). The mill is mounted on two interconnected floating platforms (boats) and can be moved up or...
  • Floating mill –water wheel (the Babič mill)

    Sound of the water wheel of the floating mill . The mill has a floating water wheel whilst the grinding stones are located in the mill-house on the riverbank....
  • Floating mill – grinding stones (the Babič mill)

    Sound of the floating mill in operation (grinding stones). The mill has a floating water wheel whilst the grinding stones are located in the mill-house...
  • Easter egg – intaglio motifs

    Remenke or Remenice are decorated Easter eggs made in the north-eastern part of Slovenia in the Prekmurje region. The eggs are decorated using a traditional...
  • Easter egg – drilling

    Before Easter eggs are decorated, the yolk and white have to be removed from inside the shell. Two holes are drilled, one at each end of the egg and the...
  • Automatic milking

    Automatic milking of cows has almost completely replaced milking by hand. This is true even for smaller farms such as the Sever farm in Šalamenci in the...
  • Hand milking

    In the sound recording of a cow being milked by hand we can hear the spurt of milk running into a plastic bucket. Hand milking is becoming increasingly...
  • Walking in the mine

    The sound of seven pairs of feet walking on a soaking wet floor of a coalmine. They are wearing wellington boots. The sound was recorded in the Trbovlje-Hrastnik...