Really Old Movies! And Dead People! (my seventh post)

Greetings, loyal readers! Today I will share with you that which is fascinating, slightly disturbing, and really, really cool! I am talking, of course, about videos of dead people old films from before 1900! Observe the wonderfulness: 

 My favorite part is when they are exiting the factory.

In case you were wondering, that really is an old film from 1895, showing a glorious glimpse into the culture and fashion of the working class! However, the really interesting thing about this movie is that it is the first film ever to be projected to a paying audience. Yes folks, this 47 second clip of people leaving a factory is what we have to thank for all movies and television anywhere, from "Casablanca" to "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" from  From "Saw" to "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" from "The Wizard of Oz" to "Beyond the Valley of the Ultra Milkmaids" (do not Google that if you want to keep your sanity.)

This is all well and good, you knowing the first commercially released film and all, but what about the first film ever made?

 

Sublime acting, stirring plot, gorgious set design, five stars out of five

-Random Movie Critic

That's right folks, that 2 second clip was the first movie ever made. I actually love this move, what with the amazing clothing and all. It makes me really wonder who these people were, and if they ever got the recognition they deserved.

I find oldtimey videos to be endlessly fascinating, and so I present you three more clips, the first being 2 possibly fake minutes of the RMS Titanic. I really hope this is real, because I really, really want to say that I saw the titanic.

Faaaaaaaake! You can clearly see people walking, and 

everybody knows that legs weren't invented until 1917! Faaaaake!

This next clip is not really a clip at all, but an experimental photography technique by French photographer Léon-Alexandre Cànular. It predates the 2-second garden thing, but for some reason does not count as a movie. Still, it has immense historical value due to the nature of the content included.

That's right folks: The south shall rise again!

This last clip goes a little over the 1900 limit, being shot in 1904, but it is so incredibly fascinating that I had to include it anyways. Please note that the music and watermark were added at a much later date by vile, vandalizing, "restoration" trolls. The film was shot for and by Australians that wanted to see "The Most Exciting City on Earth," also known as London.

Mustache! Train! Will the epic win ever stop epically winning?

How do I love thee, video of old London town? Let me count the ways:

- Disdainful look women! 0:07

- Amazing Victorian kid! 0:20

- Street urchins! 0:24

- Dancing! 0:27

- Mustache! 0:39

- MUSTACHE! 0:42

- Hats! 0:48

- TRAIIIIIIIN!!!!! 0:59

 

Cornelius Vanderbilt's Anthem.

Sheldon Cooper's Anthem.

My Anthem.

Your Anthem?

<This is the end of this blog. Tune in next time for more entertainment>

<Oh, hey, you do realize that all the people you just saw are dead, right?>

<Discounting, of course, the I Like Trains kid>