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Re: movies and archives - specific joke:-))



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It reminds me of War and Peace:
 
"Ah yes, my dear," said the count, addressing the visitor and
pointing to Nicholas, "his friend Boris has become an officer, and
so for friendship's sake he is leaving the university and me, his
old father, and entering the military service, my dear. And there
was a place and everything waiting for him in the Archives Department! Isn't that friendship?" remarked the count in an inquiring tone."
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bogdan-Florin POPOVICI [mailto:bogdanpopovici@ROL.RO]
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:18 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: movies and archives - specific joke:-))

In Romania under communism, the National Archives were a branch of Ministry of Interior, together with Police, Fire Squad etc.  Sometimes, the employees were re-distributed in these branches, disrespectful of their basic profession. From here, in a several movies about policemen, it has been said to an officer:
- If you don't work harder, you'll be send to work in Archives...
 
This is really "a scene in a film that gets the archivists job right", isn't it?  :-)))

Bogdan-Florin POPOVICI
 
Archivist
Brasov County Division of National Archives
ROMANIA