FRENCH SILENT FILM NEWS REELS 1896

[MissMeowMeowMeowMeow]

You know what's weird? When this was taken, it was closer to the French Revolution than present day is to this. That's so weird..

[RRRRapify]

i wish i have a time machine...

[Liquaza]

Ughhh I HATE the 21st Century!!!!! :'-(

[sewitt60]

Who added the crap music? So inappropriate.The film is good though.

[ratecoudo]

Damn it, it was a long time ago, so those kids are dead already, sorry about it.

[1Urganda1]

la música no pega ni con cola

[177coc]

Magique !!!!!

[makiron1227]

I didn't realised people back in 100 years ago are moving so quick.

[goodkarma33]

CRAP NOISE HAS TO GO

[BKX8]

Why is it that most videos made over a century later and put on youtube look worse than this..?

[MrFrankTicheli]

Great footage. Dumb music. Why not use something more appropriate, possibly some music from 1896, for crying out loud.

[StrawberryJungle]

@MrFrankTicheli Agreed.

[sevieht]

I've seen footage from 2006 that looks worse than this...

[PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

This vintage film is cute; the music is strange...

[RobNLynchburgVA]

The music is like the spanish version of "The Cure".......at least I think it's spanish. At some points it sounds russian......whatever it is, it's god awful.

[vipvop]

where's the mute button?

[diabloxscorchox]

did people used to really live in black and white?

[Josh3455]

@anderdorm Yeah that's me, I saw it like it is.

[Josh3455]

 Have fun getting shot in world war 1 kids.

[diabloxscorchox]

@Josh3455 lol wow

[ButterflyPerception]

good...this music is horrible....

[Zebred2001]

The oldest surviving film anywhere was shot by the French inventor Louis Le Prince on October 14, 1888. It's called the Roundhay Garden Scene.

[BreezesofConey]

yeah, this music really goes with it, let me tell u.totally ruined the experience.

[ButterflyPerception]

@BreezesofConey You are totally rigth. What a stupid music....

[osadia13]

Superberbes ces images!!!

[ayezack]

those kids they dont even know that there will be internet and games online, you tube in the twenty first century.....and we wont even know what 100 years from now will be...

[T1carus]

isnt the idea of a silent film to be silent?

[BreezesofConey]

@T1carus my thoughts exactly.

[minnied84]

Wow the pillow fight feathers flying scene is old. lol

[larrymoorephotograph]

This is from the British Film Institute. Should have credited it.

[rapper1918]

Excellent video, horrible music

[inkstersco]

18 years later LOL

poor kids.

[myshadowplay]

Fantastic clips! perfect music too. does anyone know what the song is called? All I can hear is 'san francisco' and 'compassion' so google can't really help me out :)

[LaDanseuseEtoile]

The music is great, does anybody know what the song is and who it's by?

[gotch09]

1896 film? Wow.

[theblitz8]

Im glad i watched this.

[hilbert2547]

I cant believe the age of that movie. It is really true? The quality seems too good

[Mick342]

GOD SO WELL PRESERVED!!!!!

I mean even given that the photographs are 113 years old there so clear,

like we can see the gloss on the cats fur

and the very luciditey of the Siluette (forgive my spelling). :)

[mrsdoc83]

How beautiful to see children in another era! Thank you for putting these wonderful early images up for all of us to see!

[joopdevoort]

tres emouvantes ces images, les gamins à coté des poussettes on dirait des poussins

[RxJohnTNT]

scare blu dona es tre mon freid wee wee

[Meatpies13]

Fascinating!!

[fromthesidelines]

The Lumiere Brothers were the first to regularly film actual scenes of life (mostly around their families, at the beginning) in Paris and France in 1985-'96; eventually expanding to photographing scenes of the entire world...

[blastingrod]

Historic stuff here!

Thank you for sharing!