Old Man Drinking a Glass of Beer (1897)

[jelloleggedjedi]

this niggas high as fuck

[elvaelvirababe]

it looks like syrup to me.

[ffairlane57]

HEINEKKEN?



[LynxCoding]

The quality here is better than mobile fucking phones..

[catherinek94]

it was old back then

[BSNFabricating]

Looks like he already had more than his share before the camera started rolling.

[greenwich1754]

Must have been a pretty good beer!

[CanadaCob]

Wouldn't it be great if you were looking into your family history...and found out that there is early film footage of your great grandfather or another relation...to see them moving and smiling...

[mravantgarde123]

Classic!

[nightmetal7]

Porter or Stout or Dark Bock I can tell what a beer color not Lager or Pilsner and I want to know what kind of that

[Chrisfs59]

@nightmetal7 He's British and it's 1897, so it's likely a British beer. The label, though blurry looks a bunch like a vintage Guinness label. It has text around the edge and the name across the middle. YT would allow links in comments, but google vintage Guinness Beer labels and look for the yellow one and you'll see the resemblance. That's my guess.

[rankingtrevor]

What in gods name is he so happy about? A most theatrical performance - I sure would love to be privy to the joke.

[MDthornton83]

I didn't know there was another person named Tom Green in the late 19th century!

[sakura11ist]

that's it?! 

[hdug86989]

that's not beer, that's used engine oil!

[AlienBeliever897]

This movie swept the 1897 Academy Awards!

[Ecocide112]

Haters gunna hate.

[aaronbfischer]

Look like some good shit there.

[IzzyIsou]

Kinda creepy actually.

[anton1990]

So much funnier than the current Tom Green.

[thefume]

boss probably fired his drunk ass after watching this online

[muneetalks]

Come to think of it, I'll have a Heineken.

[Chazzetteh]

haha great movie! love the special effects!!! who is that dude anyway gandalf?

[TheGmgirl77]

That brew looks a little septic..... no wonder he looks so ripped, lol!

[nunally13]

holy shit my life is complete

[MrMabloz]

this man is still alive

[chanctonbury63]

Hes having a ball! probably his fifth bottle.

[adds102]

So good with the 1911 thing! haha

[casbah1982]

This man is not "old"!!! Maybe middle age; but far from old. Unless it was a 15 year old who uploaded this!!!!

[BFIfilms]

@casbah1982 Although there is no onscreen title, this section of the film was described as 'Old man drinking a glass of beer' in the Prestwich Manufacturing Company's catalogue of 1898. The film was originally shown as 'Comic Faces', with a second part (presumed lost) described as "Old woman taking snuff".

[theprophet20]

@BFIfilms

And another factor is that average life expectancy in the late Victorian era was no more than 50, so that people of that age were relatively 'old'.

[JarheadPatriot0311]

@casbah1982 In 1897 that middle age was considered old.

[609madman]

@casbah1982 In 1900, the average age of death was 47.

[johnny2o2o]

@609madman exactly - the AVERAGE age of death (btw which country are you taking about?). Infant mortality was extermely high in Great Britain in1900 and TB claimed the lives of many young adults. That reduces the average age of death considerably. HOWEVER people were still quite capable of living to a great age as they are today. This man looks about 65 to me. I'm 44 - 65 still qualifies as 'old' in my book.

[TheLkvoice]

that looks like a Heineken label. Any beer miesters out there know if they ever did a dark beer?

[haitipi]

@TheLkvoice

I was just noticing the brand myself. This might be considered Heineken's 1st advertisement. Heineken has always made a dark beer as far as I know, but it might not be bottled in or for your country or market. Remember, in many countries, Beer is not just Beer. They draw distinctions between, Beer, Ales, Dark Ales, Pale Ales, Lager, Malt Liquors, etc Heineken makes a DARK LAGER and a Dark BOCK (Tarwebock) and a low alcohol Oud Bruin. Many more over the years.

[TheLkvoice]

@haitipi agreed. Originally from UK now Canada so I've drunk my fair share over the past 30 years. btw Ales and lagers are all beers. The term lager is often interchanged with “beer”, especially outside of Germany, which is why some consumers make a distinction between beer and ale, rather than lager and ale

[haitipi]

@TheLkvoice

I just remembered being "schooled" about the different forms of brew in Harwich while waiting for a ferry. The gents at the bar had a good time listening my Americanese, and were kind enough to treat me to a few different examples of British brews.

[hargohargo2]

@TheLkvoice i was thinking heineken also but there are numerous breweries thta were around in the 18,00s and early 1900s that went out of buisness my guess would be that it is an english ale or stout that this man is drinking.

[LynxCoding]

If you saw this nowadays you would be called crazy and get sent to jail, possibly.

[GenghisKhan44]

The title is completely and utterly wrong. He's not merely DRINKING a glass of beer.

He's really quite enjoying it.

[imamymay]

heineken....cool

[wayneleon1000]

@bertiedump

Here we go again, another RANT from a racist twat. WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE JUST WATCH THE FUCKING VIDEO WITHOUT HAVING TO COME OUT WITH POINTLESS RACIST MORONIC COMMENTS!?

[sayanroy36]

little do we youtubers know that hundred years later our posts and comments will be made fun of as remnants of an arrogant and decadent generation

[Shyreenify]

That's awesome quality for such an old "movie".

[Lemon020202]

lol..this old man never thought that one day in 1897, he'd get drunk and have a gay (happy) old time laugh and be filmed and end up on you tube 113 years later! lol. cool.

[kyolym]

@Lemon020202 it goes to show you how any time in the past was just around the corner

[kucoru16]

Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!!

[youtuuberoxx]

ok buddy you've had enough...time to go home lol

[EliKnowWonder72]

^_^



[videotimesss1]

He is probably in his 40's, I would guess. What a trip, he is so animated!

[1nceBitten2wiceShy]

@videotimesss1

Now that you mention it, he really doesn't seem like much of an "old man" as the title states - kinda looks like a youngish Burgess Meredith, actually... -- 1b2s

[EliKnowWonder72]

I love the film age ^_^

[thescorpionking2020]

alcohol kills

[pykkervots]

"Davenports...beer at home...cheers!!!"

Yes kids they drove around in lorries and delivered beer to your door...cheers!..hic

[effyleven]

The image quality here is staggeringly good. You can even read the beer bottle label. It is "Watneys" beer he is drinking!!

[Silencebound]

Very rarest shortie movie ever made in UK. Beside that, many Australian movies was destroyed but only the exception of 1896 Melbourne Cup, 1906 movie classic 'The Story of Kelly Gang' in it's survived form at 17 mins long out of originally 'one-hour' slot and few others to name. Well, go hell with that Nitrate element which killed our historic movie entertainment !!! Very saddest ever lived here and there with it . . .

[grovevilla]

give me a glass of what he`s drinking, cheers me dears...

[GhettoBlaster100]

man, that guy was fucking wasted lmao

[GhettoBlaster100]

this stuff amazes me

[USTUBE4000]

He's drunk as a skunk.

[ChevalierAguila]

I'm sure a hollywood remake is coming soon.

[ajsmith]

Much better than his later work like "Freddy Got Fingered".

[19smokey19]

after watching this clip a few times its not beer he drinking but wine, also notice when he pours drink into glass theres no froth.. i have a wine bottle from the 1880s and it looks the same...

[GerbilEssences]

Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder ;S

[SuperYantz]

Mr. Green would be around 180 years old if he were alive today. I don't think that drinking had anything to do with him not being around now.

[thecolourfulway]

film's kinda like time travel, i think. thats what this feels like to me. how cool :)

[ziemass]

"Tom Green was a comedian " - you mean his dead now ?

[mlv8103]

If you like this video, you should see the one with the same guy playing flip cup! Classic!

[trashbarbie07]

..heh. who woulda thought that a classic comedian would have his name sullied by a retarded douch bag over 100 years later, with such classic scenes as crawling around inside a deer carcus on a highway or milking an elephants penis. a whole new meaning to the word classic.

[dragonnelite]

hahaa hes so drunk ;)

[benisnowsober]

WHat a G

[Freakster1970]

So much soul in these old film clips from over 100 years ago.

[musicfanatic6790]

Somethings very funny the name of this man is Tom Green, but theirs also another person named Tom Green who had a show on MTV, i miss that crazy guy on TV haha

[twilightfanforever1]

is he drinking Heineken?

[Furogo]

OMG!!! This video should win an oscar!

[Rechkalov7]

He reminds me of a french canadian comedian Olivier Guimond, his mimics and acting are the same. The beer label looks like the Heineken.

[sinbin55671]

I want what he's having

[sinbin55671]

I want what he's having

[Patavinity]

Haha  what a pisshead

[Fronika]

What the hell proof is that beer and where can I buy some?

[Swenglish]

It's not the Green Tom show.

[GORZAS]

in what way does spy & pyro resemble this video?

[TheSpazBunny]

Pretty high quality restoration for friggin 1897, damn.

[nerdelicious5]

Some things never change.

[Bungay4]

It looks like a Heineken label and that's a beer that's been brewed since 1873, so datewise it's OK. Doubt very much it is though. Heineken is a very light colour and this is very dark.

This is surely a stout: dark and very strong, so fits with the story.

[effyleven]

@Bungay4 The beer is Watneys. Freeze frame and you can read it. The word "Watneys" is at the 11 o'clock position.

[ChucklesLaramie]

Not quite sure... It looks really dark to be a Heineken...

Perhaps Guiness or another stout?

[CrashBandikoot7]

Me and that guy use to chill..

[Thehelper123456]

Nice guy?

[CrashBandikoot7]

Don't remember. I do remember he was indeed entertaining!

[angelmassb]

Wow just the same as is nowdays

[DaAce96]

little did he know that that 40 seconds of his life would earn his over 15,000 views well over a hundred years later on something called "youtube".

[ChucklesLaramie]

@DaAce96 -

In 480p HD, no less...

[mitsuki3322]

@DaAce96 lol nice one :]

[shortyblackwell]

@DaAce96 now over 30,000!

[esc4all]

@DaAce96 little did you know that 6 months later your comment would be the highest rated :p

[myPETsnailFRED]

@DaAce96 allmost at 50,000 now, pretty amazing

[metaledstar9]

now thats the good stuff

[brotherbrando]

for he's a jolly good fellow

[baddmanaz]

he was the tom green of his time

[victorinoxical]

what is that beer? I want a glass of THAT.

[SlimeTron5000]

@victorinoxical

Heineken.

[rehabwales]

Lol. Not video surely! You mean movies I assume.

[SaberTanker22]

LOL first drunk man on film . hahaha he is so wasted.

[GCITYdrummer811]

Thus began alcoholism...

[Entropy56]

No. It started at the Last Supper.

[Entropy56]

Correction: It started at the party where Jesus changed the water into wine.

[CrashBandikoot7]

The last supper didnt exist.. its just a figment of someones imagination that has survived the tides of time and been twisted in all types of different ways, along with pretty much every other religous thing out there.

[JTandS]

he could still be alive at 180!

[WantTeaBag]

didnt know pictures were around back then

[GreenFlamingoMaster]

@WantTeaBag pictures were around since the civil war, but video wasen't made untill 1890

[GyntherMeyer]

No, he formed a rock group. They toured Australia and New Zealand. They were considered the punks of their time.

[BatALash]

Aww, he was having a good time. I'd drink alot too If I had to live in 1897.

[saintsaens21]

The man is a legend.

[elpatron310]

Is that Heineken

[xMissRetrox]

Oh my god, that is hilarious!!! xD

I don't agree with drinking, but this is very entertaining; especially in that time, I'm sure this little film raised a few eyebrows... (:o

[JOKER23ms]

acohol does funny things tu u like goin all over da place and laughin ur fuckin azz off!

[Pmitsou123]

masterpiece!!!

[caramelpoops]

It says 1897, Queen Victoria was the reigning monarch, thats 113 years ago, of course he's dead honestly some of you people are as bright as burnt out twenty watt bulb.

[PROTONOo]

чё за хрень?

[chiefsequoia]

This gentleman is not alive today, proof that alcohol kills.

[magicfingers13]

The fact that he was probobly around 40 to 50 at the time and the average life span of a human is 80 years proves that he's not alive. haha

[hammerslittlehorror]

@magicfingers13 The only place that he's alive now is on this film! lol.

[marguipico]

How could he be alive now?!

[40klproductions]

he isnt, if he was about 60 in 1897 then after 120 years he should be around 180!

[amarone1956]

@chiefsequoia Nice one!

[JustAnotherSomeone90]

@chiefsequoia lol

[impbr]

I didn't realise superglue was around then

[littlebigbrain]

What Beer was he drinking. The label looks familiar. Hic! Hic! Hic!

[FXBLUES]

Looks like a Heineken label somewhat, the brand certainly was around back then.

[littlebigbrain]

That's what I thought at first but then the film is shot in Brighton and I thought it was a pale ale like Mackesons or some such. I know it's not "Old Peculiar" which is sad somewhat as it would fit the film to a T. lol.

[tacvba13]

amazing!

[modelearth]

wow what year did he die? great job!!

[zepaulocardeal]

Much better than a bunch of today`s shots

[MyOddSock]

An unfortunate effect of beer of the day was sticky thumb.

[iansmith79]

This is actually 1897, a film called comic face.

[BFIfilms]

Well spotted - this does indeed date from 1897. Early films can be difficult to date as there are few surviving records.We took the 1898 from Rachael Low's book which gives it as appearing in an 1898 catalogue. We can now push this back to 1897 as it appears in G A Smith's Day book which survives at the BFI.

[iansmith79]

Thanks, its pretty amazing footage, certainly one of the clearest examples of early film i've ever seen. I wonder when old Tom died?

[kingn8link]

actually, this is really good quality for '98. 1898 that is.

[cremealachowchay]

LOLPISD

[popitinpete]

Bit hammy!

[loquita999]

from here the label looks like Newcastle Brown Ale. Classic...

[charlesalber]

I'll have what he's having!

Make it a double!

[Miamishoe]

well he istn't that old

[flocked]

Amazing!

[JCJasion]

A wee pint of Guinness, eh?

[80stimeagain]

Just by this clip, life hasn't changed much. ;)

[marius478]

He seemed quite a personality! ;)

[nirvgardengod]

nothing has changed,,,just the names

[84anubis]

This is Heineken beer ??????

[leezaal]

love old photos & movies, pretty good quality for well over 100 years old

[GIBBZARELLA]

daily life was a lot funnier in 1898

[brotherscro]

This is 1898 nice quality :O

Well strange guy :P

[siIentstudios]

Woah, that can't be his first beer surely

[GamingPalooza]

are u sure all he was doing was drinking just beer?