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Before the first bus, the city has a sound you only hear once a day. We spent a week recording it, street by street, from three until six.
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- 00:13We spent a week recording it,streetby street, from three until six.
- 00:14We spent a week recording it, street bystreet,from three until six.
- 00:21The ovens go on at three. By five, thestreetsmells like bread before it looks like
- 01:04At ten past five, thestreetlights switch off, one block at a time.
- 01:17and for a moment nobody is in charge of thestreet.
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Five A.M.: a city before it wakes00:00–01:25 of 12:48
- [AMBIENT STREET SOUND]
- Before the first bus, the city has a sound you only hear once a day.
- We spent a week recording it, street by street, from three until six.
- The ovens go on at three. By five, the street smells like bread before it looks like morning.
- Amara has opened this bakery every day for nineteen years.
- People think it's quiet at this hour. It isn't quiet. It's just early.
- You hear the shutters. The delivery vans. The man who sweeps in front of the pharmacy, always the same song.
- What song?
- [LAUGHS] He'd never tell you. I've asked him for ten years.
- At ten past five, the street lights switch off, one block at a time.
- That's my favourite minute. The lights go, and for a moment nobody is in charge of the street.
- Then the first bus turns the corner, and the day starts keeping time.
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600:00:34,000 --> 00:00:40,200People think it's quiet at this hour. It isn't quiet. It's just early.
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- 00:13We spent a week recording it,streetby street, from three until six.