JRR Tolkien - Photo Documentary 2023 - A Tribute

Journey through Tolkien's life - in his own photos and voice
- 200+ photos of Tolkien himself, some are very rare
- contains majority of all his published photos
- voice recordings of JRRT and CJRT reading from the chapters
Tolkien's photos are also precious, but this video isn't just a collection of those.
This photo documentary is meant to be a heartfelt tribute.
== Life Timeline ==
00:00 First Age
03:25 Family & Friends
04:53 The Professor
07:40 R+E
09:53 Fourth Age
== Audio Theme ==
JRRT reads LOTR
00:00 A Walking Song
01:07 Farewell Song
01:38 Road Goes Ever On
01:57 Lament for Gandalf
02:57 Fall of Gil-Galad
03:25 *from The Hobbit
04:00 Stew rabbit1
04:30 Stew rabbit2
04:56 Ring Verse
05:53 Song of Lorien
06:22 Mount Doom
06:50 Eagle Song
07:45 Beren and Luthien
10:54 *Of Beren and Luthien (by CJRT, 1977)
12:38 A Elbereth
12:57 Namarie
14:04 Bilbo's Last Song
(poem by JRRT, music by Donald Swann 1978)
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Credit / Source:
- Tolkien Estate/Family
- Oxford University, King Edward's School
- Various docu & books & CDs & BBC
- Wheelbarrows At Dawn
- John Garth, Oronzo Cilli
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- for fan collection purposes; copyright belongs to their owners
- this video is non-monetized. I did not set google ads on it
Compiled by TalkingAboutTolkien
(this is v2, as I found an error in v1 at 05:44, where now has a different photo)
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This documentary may appear "boring" - certainly it will be the case for most viewers.
It is intended that no "modern" music or illustrations were used here -- Tolkien's life story does not require external enhancement.
The audio segments are specially selected from his audio recordings -- Bilbo, Gollum, Frodo and Sam. The ending music also has a personal connection to Tolkien.
There are a lot of details in this video perhaps only a Tolkien reader will notice - and hopefully also find moving.
So, please stay with it until the end -- especially the end.

[@stetsonstarkey]

Really cool collection. I hope this lives on forever.

[@kristopher1799]

This post is a treasure. Truly. Loved his voice for Gollum/Smeegol...!! Tolkien is a genius in so many respects!!!

[@captivatednightshade1432]

Thank you for making and posting this. It's a beautiful way to remember the professor.

[@FrostDirt]

Thank you for this precious (no pun intended) tribute to the great professor.

[@TalkingAboutTolkien]

"Before him stood the Tree, his Tree, finished."