Inspired by an episode of Tavernier's French cinema series where he mentions Sasha Guitry caught a lot of French greats on camera, and at work!
Rodin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-aleHm3wIo
Saint Saens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dM-fnEuH_Q
Renoir pére
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK12sFDOU54
― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 3 February 2025 10:45 (one week ago) link
Pope Leo XIIIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6IPhG2SDtU
― pronounced with an ‘umpty’ (Willl), Monday, 3 February 2025 11:08 (one week ago) link
That's a good one!
Queen Victoria:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8wkASmSVPQ
― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 3 February 2025 15:21 (one week ago) link
mark twain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaSOw1WhjI
― budo jeru, Monday, 3 February 2025 15:33 (one week ago) link
i mean he died in 1922 so it would have been possible to have him on camera, i suppose, but i like how he is surrounded by people who look like they came right out of his books.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttgv7VjBs2I
― scott seward, Monday, 3 February 2025 15:58 (one week ago) link
Sheffield United in 1902, featuring goalkeeper William "Who Ate All The Pies?" Foulkehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UkVZZnrC4EThe first Tour De France, 1903https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FERyKk4lju8
― Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 3 February 2025 16:09 (one week ago) link
Continuing the sporting theme, two different clips of W.G. Grace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyLkAY-MqUc
― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Monday, 3 February 2025 16:20 (one week ago) link
Yes, first clip I thought of! I'd love someone to go through and identify these people. I'm sure there must be a bunch of familiar names from Proust's biographies.
― jmm, Monday, 3 February 2025 16:37 (one week ago) link
Queen Victoria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEoejZEEnEg
― Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 6 February 2025 23:25 (one week ago) link
no general tom, he died too early, but mrs. thumb!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khx83i3Ad_4
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/files/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-07-at-12.30.35-PM-893x1024.png
― scott seward, Thursday, 6 February 2025 23:53 (one week ago) link
i had a panic moment when i saw THIS thread title pop up and thought "oh no did i put that video and picture on the right thread...?":
old to semi-old celebrities you would travel back in time to have lots of sex with.
― scott seward, Friday, 7 February 2025 00:30 (one week ago) link
On the flip side, I am surprised how little film there is of Charlie Parker playing.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Friday, 7 February 2025 00:51 (one week ago) link
there's a few clips of Teddy Roosevelt floating around
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 7 February 2025 01:04 (one week ago) link
TR had a squeaky voice
― Dialysis Den (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 7 February 2025 09:20 (one week ago) link