Voice of the Past: Otto von Bismarck

Sorry for the audio quality, but with this much interference it's just not really salvageable without being a professional audio restorer.

00:08 English
00:19 German
00:30 Latin
00:43 French

[bora]

THE LISTENING PART IN GERMAN LANGUAGE EXAMS BE LIKE…

[johncarter]

That’s one person voice I never expected to hear.

[viinigone]

Interesting, he sounds like my grandpa

[theminiyosshi]

but Bismarck had a plan


Bismarck always has a plan

[ABAlphaBeta]

Sorry for the bad quality but something this old can't be salvaged, especially by an amateur like me (cf. the Alexander Graham Bell recording).

Out of what can be heard, I'd be interested in whether German speakers (native or otherwise) detect any sort of accent in him, given he lived (grew up) in a time before the German unification where strong regional accents must have been the norm(?).

Also, is the fact the announcer seems to say _-ruhe_ a phonetic quirk or is it actually a difference between Late Modern German and the more recent pronunciation and case system?

[napj]

Looks like recorded inside a train like the hitlas one

[bora]

Bismarck, please use a studio quality microphone next time, we hardly understand you !!

[frenchdoomer]

I'm curious of the context of this record, I was surprised to hear him suddendly reciting the beginning of the French anthem

[MatEnAlks]

You could make some good techno with this, it barely needs editing

[lassebirkhenriksen]

When will you upload other videos? Not like these but maybe readings or such

[TheTarget]

maybe a professionel audio restorer can fix it?

[rabbaniazzahra]

huh, i expected the voice to be better but it just sounds like an elderly german, who is near a bunch of maracas