This clip shares a similar dreamy atmosphere with "Take the 5:10 to Dreamland" (1976). It begins with a boy getting into bed, then the camera enters his mind, accompanied by a slow, melancholic waltz ("Valse Triste"). Images of a train, a miner, the Earth, the sky, and a flock of sheep appear. These seemingly unrelated images gain a subtle sense of movement when viewed closely: a locomotive's wheels starting, a miner pushing a coal cart, the Earth rotating, clouds drifting, sheep grazing. The first peak occurs when a mannequin opens its coat like a flower. A second, larger crescendo follows after watching schoolgirls doing gymnastics. A sad, nostalgic feeling remains at the end as funeral cars drive through a flooded landscape.
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