Film footage of people you'd thought had shuffled off this mortal coil before capturing them would be possible

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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 XIII

https://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?" Foulke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UkVZZnrC4E

The first Tour De France, 1903

https://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

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.

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

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


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