Oldest Video Ever Recorded - 1874 ?! - History

These are the oldest videos ever recorded in the world. Some of these videos are the "Roundhay Garden Scene", "Man walking around a corner", "a trip through new york city in 1911", "Laborers in Victorian England, 1901" which were recorded by Thomas Edison, Louise Le Prince, and the Lumiere Brothers among many others who are considered pioneers in the world of motion cameras.

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[60 fps] The Flying Train, Germany, 1902
top 5 oldest videos ever recorded 1888 - 60 fps upscaled AI

[youngirivboje]

This video is just a reminder that people come and go. It was their time and now it's ours.
Live your best.

[Javiergol]

And still those old videos have better quality than most of today’s security footage.

[the.selinaelle]

All those people who didn't see the camera, little did they know they were being filmed and that people in the future would watch them on film long after they passed away.. It's so wild to think about

[Finians_Mancave]

The clip of 1906 San Francisco is fascinating, not only because it was filmed 4 days before the Great SF Earthquake, but it's a crazy glimpse into the utter chaos of early street travel, with no dividing lanes and seemingly no rules governing right of way (or if there were, no one seemed to observe them)! There must have been dozens (hundreds?) of accidents daily, involving cars, horses and pedestrians alike!

[ladeene]

Most don't realize that every soul captured in their moments were just like us in every way. They were living in modern times...they viewed their past the same way we do. They had the same dreams, the same humor, appetite, worries about kids not respecting their elders, what others thought of them, the same aches and pains. Very little actually changes. But its great to see this in moving motion. Glad they've been saved.

[Jessmab]

I've always wanted to go back in time and live in different periods. This is the closest I'll ever get😊

[mauricioramirez]

The fact that the oldest first film ever made is that of another planet in motion is absolutely astounding!

[RichPlayz.]

A Rollercoaster and a Moving Sidewalk more than a century ago! WTF!? Those were even more sophisticated than nowadays'. If I could travel back in time, those two I would definitely try!

[kandeekay]

I’m 42 years old, my grandmother was born in 1899. I can’t imagine her a child in much of these times and living through leaps and bounds of technology and cultural change! Just wow!

[jamesong]

Year 2120: This video shows some teenagers doing nonsensical things. It was said to be recorded with an app called Tiktok which has to be housed on an ancient brick-like device known as a mobile phone believed to be powered by something called the android back in year 2020.

[fairydust-weepthewildwinds]

Absolutely love history, especially when there is actual footage… Thank you for sharing ❤

[lynlance]

Thanks so much. This was my grandmother's time and I'm 70. It's hard to imagine and wonderful to see in real life.

[sandilouU]

During the era of silent film, my great grandparents worked at the theatre improvising the sound. They both sang and played multiple instruments as well used other material to mimic things like horses galloping and trains clacking. I didn't inherit a bit of their talent but I am proud to have descended from such fun people

[mrbeyonder]

200 years from now, people will watch us on YouTube and think the same we're thinking watching this

[adamwright]

I know, all things taken into consideration, life is better quality than it was then. But I can't help but watch these and feel nostalgia for a time I never experienced.

[yassinebimmer]

completely different era and different people it's almost like another planet

[renejean]

0:54 The old lady walking or dancing backwards in the "Roundhay Garden Scene" from 1888 was called Sarah Whitley. She died just 10 days after that film was shot. She was born in 1816 and is the earliest born human ever to be captured on film.
It's a strange thought, but Jack the Ripper's final victim still had three weeks to live when it was filmed.

EDIT: It's been mentioned that Pope Leo XIII is the earliest born person on film. Great quality film it is too. I see also that a woman named Rebecca Clark, born in 1804, is claimed to be the earliest born. They say it's possible someone born in the 1700's may have been filmed too.
So, like the earliest born person photographed, it seems to be disputed. Doesn't really matter anyway, does it?

[rambohorsemanship]

Feeling nostalgic for a time that I never lived.

[sophyagroves]

This is crazy…my entire life I’ve always wondered how etiquette and daily mobility in people’s lives worked, and that train video, the kid with the hat and his mom, the two women talking just so casually, the woman running and holding her hat …. It just fills so many missing emotional historical questions, this is great, it shows they are just people, and even 100s of years later, that still hasn’t changed. We all still are just, human

[Jimfrenchde]

The moving sidewalks actually looked futuristic to me. I didn't know that something like that existed in the 1890s in France.