The band that boosted Thai morale in World War II

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00:00In the darkest day of World War II, a Thai orchestra band stepped up to do something

00:05more than just play music.

00:07The Tsuntura Pond Band became the secret weapon to boost the Thai people's morale and

00:13united the people.

00:14The Tsuntura Pond Band is Thailand's first and most famous Western-style orchestra.

00:20Founded in 1939, this government-sponsored band played a vital role in lifting the spirits

00:25of the Thai people and soldiers through music.

00:29Led by the legendary musicians like Ea Sun Thon Sanan, the band performed patriotic and

00:34morale-boosting songs on the radio and at the official events.

00:38Songs like Thai Samaki urged people to stay united and avoid conflict, while Ban Geert Meung Non

00:44celebrated the beauty and strength of Thailand, reminding everyone why they fought to protect

00:49their homeland.

00:50The band even promoted national pride through fashion, encouraging women to wear hats as

00:55a symbol of modernity and dignity during the war.

00:59hands came to the聖 belle music.

01:01The band and the angels had seen this ancient man.

01:04They stood goodbye.

01:04The band and the angels!

01:05They stood by me.

01:06It was a great man of the rest.

01:07They stood by me.

01:08The band and the angels was in love, but the Никита was almost the same way that the

01:09people were just wanted.

01:10A true large choir music came to me.

01:12They stood by me.

01:13They stood by me.

01:13All that jazz music came to me.

01:13It stood by me.

01:15It stood by me.

01:15After a moment.

01:16I stood by my youth and celebrate the event, I stood by my deaf man.

01:19I stood by a beautiful meteorite.

01:20In the afternoon, it stood by me.