First Photo Interview - 1886

[kailuagirl87]

He looks pretty spunky for 100 years old.

[AlienBeliever897]

He looked pretty healthy for 100 years old!

[ThewickedLol]

Was TV even invented back then?:

[jjobie]

@ThewickedLol Heh. No. Not for a while.

[98bigbutt]

He was 3 years when the French Revolution took place,He was 14 years old when Washington,DC first established,18 years when Haiti won its independence and when Napoleon gave the Louisiana Purchase to the US.

[SingDriver101]

As you can see at there motorisms, there's not much of a difference with people of today. But can you imagine that all these people are dead now for almost 200 years! It's just amazing!

[peteristehbest]

@SingDriver101 and in 200 years we'l be those poor dead bastards.

[declandowney]

SONG? did anyone asking that in 2011 blow your mind...hhmmmm...MUAHAHAHAHAH!!­!!!!!!though really song?

[PABLOPABLO76]

Bellissimo video!!!!!!!!

[cywyhot]

Good genes, most definitely, and no poverty or workhouse or war for him! It's too bad we don't know what he SAID. Pages between the photo sequences telling us a little of that would have made this perfect. 

[LoveiYeeaj249]

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[Mufaso1000]

How did he get to be so old and in such good shape in 1886?

[NESHero]

@Mufaso1000 healthy living?

[CoreysOldLady]

hes got some amazing hair for 100

[LynxCoding]

I saw this man walking around my street.

[KenfromDublin]

We are looking at someone who was born 225 years ago.

[2TWISTEDBALLS]

Is he still alive. I want to shake his hand

[Scrabbler27]

Celebrating your 100th birthday in 1886 is a great achievment!  Its like a man reaching 130 yaers old in 2010.

[Countryboyonten]

Awesome

[craigwall3]

William Plomer writes in his autobiography of meeting someone whose grandmother or grandfather (I can't remember which) remembered being told as a child that they just cut off the poor queen of France's head. Weird ay. Craig Australia

[evxdaddy]

This really makes you appreciate the technological advancements we're come to.

[thinchris]

Does he did died?

[BSNFabricating]

@thinchris

Since he was born in 1786, I'm practically certain that he probably "does did died".

[thinchris]

@BSNFabricating But did done dead?

[1304169]

this guy is old enough to have met and talked to george washington! weird!

[Mesterse]

This guy remembers Napoleon. Damn.

[ziggycat999]

But why was he of significance in history other than an ancient photo-op??

[stevevandien]

A classic of embryonic photojournalism. I first saw these photos in the Encyclopedia Brittanica issued in 1968, when I was almost 10 years old.

[stromssa]

This is amazing to watch; to think all of the history he saw (and I wonder if he even had an inkling that people in our day and age would be watching him!). Another awesome thing posted on YouTube is the first audio recording made by Edison of a chorale of 4,000 singing Handel's "Israel to Egypt." Do a search for "Edison Handel 1888" and you will find it. Can't hear words but you can hear a choir singing faintly and chord progressions; it's amazing!

[JamesTKirkCobain]

Oh wow it`s Scrooge! Scrooooooooooge Scrooooooooge!

[esc4all]

dude this is freakin unbelivable!

i'm watching a movie with someone who was born 207 years before me O.o

[tanrat7]

It would be nice to hear the interview also

[yltboyz]

He looks like he's having a blast! He lived 3 more years...so cool.

[LOYALxTOxNONE]

father...

[BlindandGore]

wow hes born in the 17th century!! :D

[Arlekean]

@BlindandGore You mean 18th century.

[GmrWeb]

@BlindandGore it was 18th....

[andree1991]

lol 100 years old??? i wonder if he ever said something like:these people nowadays'' or ''technology has gone a loooong way since my glory days'' or ''these youths dont respect their elders anymore''

[pappysmp]

@andree1991 Yes, he did it!

[devmaggie]

wow!

[8302967]

this is the closest we'll ever get to showing a motion picture of someone from the 1700s,unless time travel is possible

[Ayyyu]

o_o He was alive in the 18th century, my favorite! Yay!

[oogeer]

did he die?

[Tailonator666]

yes of corse xD

[Victorialine67]

is he dead?

[samigirl22]

he was alive during the french revolution wow!

[smileykisses420]

that is pretty cool

[Scrabbler27]

Its truely amazing to see people to live long enough too 100 in that era in 1886 beacuse the average life expectncy in 2010 is bout 80 years. You have better chace to reach 100 years is this time period. Must say he's got to be one of the LUCKY ONEs!!!

[TrandomnesstwO]

He died at 103!

[saturninofarandola1]

einstein discovered nothing new, this guy was waayy ahead in terms of hairstyle:-)

[Simpson654]

What was said during this interview? The technology is amazing, the photographer must have had a quick hand to change the plates so fast, or used the emerging technology, using a special camera with "machine gun" plates.

[smoky90210]

Interest he was born when almost al the founding fathers were still living.

[322paul]

I wonder if he knew this would get onto youtube

[tryithere]

@322paul Well, he was psychic also so.....

[loser078]

@322paul There are so many things wrong with that question.

[abukamoon]

@322paul If he did, he probably would have gotten his hair cut.

[AAErikCO]

Dude had a great hair stylist

[chofaigh]

hahaha!

[Rufftyroff]

Wow, this is the first time I get to see real people who are born in the early 1700's! If the first photograph was of a person who is 100 years old, then we'd see a person who is born in 1726! Of course that person wouldn't stand still for 8 hours straight, but it's still possible.

[aheady1969]

Huh??

[Rufftyroff]

Oh, I mean that the first photograph took about eight hours of exposure. If a person would be in that photograph, it would be difficult to stand or sit still for that length of time. If that person is sleeping, it's possible. If for a dead person, it wouldn't be difficult.

[kungiiii]

intresting clip but wtf with this music

[danixvideos]

this is theory about creating films, this is used by Le Prince to record Roundhay Garden Scene

[alessait]

It`s amazing.Thank`s for this picture. It was very difficult to do.Enjoy to see.

[EMPPT]

Didn't knew people in 1886 could live until 100. This person, what is seems from the photo interview, was pretty active and maybe healty.

[gatheringleaves]

Yeah not everyone in those times died when they were forty

[kehkehbia]

Fantastic! To think that lil old man was born in 1786!

The French Revolution was from 17891799! So he was 4 years old when it started, and a teen when it ended....and he so Amazing, and seems such a character!

He seems so Alert and engaging, probably the chemical free diet, and cleaner air, oh yeh and no goggle box to mong out to.

Its very wonderful, Thank You for posting this swagner99

[neinsudtexas10]

It's amazing that he lived that long cause a lot of people didn't live very long back then.

[josepharimathea]

Amazing posting swagner99. TY. As others here have alluded to, being born in 1786 means he would have been 5 years old when Mozart died, 24 when Chopin was born, 40 when Beethoven died, etc etc. His father just missed the death of Johann Sebastian Bach by 4 years! Of course Michel Eugene Chevreul also achieved a considerable amount in his own name e.g. the discovery of the concept of fatty acids etc.!!

[ziemass]

cool post....Im sure that in in 200 years ppl will have the same reflections....like "he was 20 when wtc collapsed and so on.....WE MAKE THE HISTORY and we are doing it now

[whathoney73]

Wow this man would be 223 years old this August.  George Wshington was alive when he was a boy.

[medamine39]

Nadar photographed many great characters: Writers like Jules Verne, Baudelaire, Alexandre Dumas Père, George Sand, etc. . Artists such as Painter Eugène Delacroix, Actress Sarah Bernhardt, Composer Liszt. Politicians such as Adolphe Thiers (1st President of French Third Republic), George Boulanger (French Extreme Right Pioneer), George Clemenceau, Léon Gambetta (French Prime Ministers), Jules Favre (French Minister of Foreign Affairs), and many more. Thanks for this great document.

[blofeld39]

Wow, a fantastic montage! Chevreul seems pretty happy after having lived such a long life... :-)

[Steerpike07]

What is the significance of your comment and/or of your dream LondonIrish? Are you equating conscious memories with unconscious dreams?

[gipcambero]

he has been living successively during :

french monarchy ( louis XVI), french first republic ( revolution), french first empire ( napoleon 1er), the restauration, the second republic, the second empire and finally the third republic !!!

[Steerpike07]

Someone born in 1696 would have been 100 when Michel was 10 years old. I can remember chatting to neighbours when I was 4 years old! So Michel could quite possibly have remembered someone he'd met between 1790 and 1796 - someone who could have remembered the turn of the last century - that is, 1699-1700!

[izobanov]

cool thought - i love to think about history this way too.

[oberon79]

I have a high res picture of Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849. so ive thought that myself too... Im looking to a picture of someone that had met people from the 17th century O.O.

he was 30 when mozart died!

the picture is about 2100x2600 pixels, very good quality except for the quantity of scratches. scanned directly from a daguerreotype

[LondonIrish707]

I had a dream about vikings once

[feelsg00dman]

Since my late teens I've always who the oldest person was that has ever been photographed. Now thanks to the internet I found out it might have been Conrad Heyer who was born in 1749 (type in Google). So he was 40 when the French revolution started. But there supposedly are even older persons that has been photographed.

[Telmalex]

Wrong, the earliest born person was Hannah Stilley Gorby, born in 1746 i found it here..

/watch?v=sOkd8ObhN_M

[feelsg00dman]

Youre right. Thats why I said, there are supposedly even older persons that have been photographed. He might be the earlierst born male photographed though.

[raulsaenz]

google HANNAH STILLEY GORBY, she was born in 1746 and photographed later in 1800... shes the oldest human being ever photographed

[pw3djoeisback]

@raulsaenz in 1800 cameras didn't exist and it was 1830's when they became common.

[TrandomnesstwO]

I remember getting my shots at 2,although that aint the same as chatting.

[MrAdil2013]

@Steerpike07 further, he could have seen a battle scar on this person which was inflicted upon him by someone who was 110 + at the time and he was 5, thus making this individual inturn, being born in the 1580s and who had first hand, spoken to an old sailor, 120 years old who sailded with christopher columbus before he discovered america, 1480s! Damn, time is so miniscule and irrelevant now

[MrSkate4weed]

@Steerpike07 i love that sort of thinking, it's enjoyable, bravo!

[FrkBerwald]

@Steerpike07 Isent it just amazing to think off?

[flowerStar03]

@Steerpike07 I personally think whut u said was cool. But i have NO IDEA what u said or mean?

[TheKnortel]

@Steerpike07 Ha, I'm glad I'm not the only one fascinated by thoughts of that kind.

[Steerpike07]

This is a film of someone old enough to be able to remember meeting and talking with someone born in the 1600s...that is radical!

[NGS712]

Steer: I think you mean 1700s. ;)

[violin614]

He could have been on speaking terms with Mozart!

He was certainly a mature person in Beethovens time, almost his age.

He might have actually been Paganinis age, and its a shame we don't have a moving film of paganini himself, or sounds of him playing (violin).

[QQWEERTTYUUI]

beethoven died in 1827, and the first photograph was taken in 1826 ( and recently experts have discoverd a photograph probably taken in 1791/1792) so maybe Beethoven or Mozart are in some of this lost photographs and we can see them in three or four years, when experts discover more of this photos!!!! Saludos desde España!!

[makkertje]

Do you have link to this 18th century photograph?

[Dirkdebruyne]

QQweerttyuui, where pray can we see this so called photo from 1792 ? don't you think it is just a LITTLE unlikely that somebody somewhere has a photo of Mozart in his attic but forgot to report it ? the history of photography is very well documented and I don't know who the "experts" are you are referring to, but maybe they are also searching for the lost ark, the sword of King Arthur and the monster of Loch Ness ??

[takio65]

Por cierto, es el que descubrió el colesterol.

[takio65]

Este hombre ya estará mayor...

[dednrurc]

Amazing, he saw the French Revolution! At least he lived at that time.

[willfucker]

That would rock if this guy were still alive and over 200 years old.

[connorummzeromax]

this is awsome :D

[ozmamichael]

this is weird al yankovicI

[esc4all]

222 years ago this guy was borned,and this "movie" is 122 years old...man this is incredible

thanks A LOT for posting this!

[theOlLineRebel]

Wow, cool. Thanks for showing. Amazing this man ended up 103 or so back then (I know it happened; I've delved into enough history and graveyards to see it). And famous and respected, too.

[Nolroa]

esto fue el inicio de la reportería gráfica

[NoelLozano]

what a time to be alive?

[JecoCarice]

srce bas si sexy na owom wideu...wolim te alex ziwote moj!

[Germanac91]

Eh, napravi me na starca bebac...:P volim i ja tebe Gago, sreco moja mala!

[quilldidittome]

What an amazing sequence! I wonder if Mr. Chevreul could even think that he'd be the subject of such fascination. He looks like he was having a great time with the photographers. Thanks for sharing!

[g3nov3s3]

Man! People looked and dressed funny back then!

[cellardoor199991]

Yeah...in suits all the time!!Imagine what they would say now. Kids half naked, mohawks, baggy ass clothes, gay emo "trendy" mohawks, spiked hair,chains,etc etc etc

[g3nov3s3]

We don't have such things in our country...

If someone would dare to wear this kind of stuff he would be flogged by the police in public.

[royalsteven]

Then you've never walked around in Hollywood, Amsterdamn or the Brazil carnaval hehe.

[VT16]

The carnivals in Brazil are no ordinary occurances, though. ;)

[theOlLineRebel]

"this kind" - which kind?

And I don't think it's funny at all. I like it. Wish everyone would dump the garbage they now wear and look decent.

[Senjhin]

Roundhay Garden was not the first film in history. The first film clips were shot in 1892. A quick zoom around YouTube will reveal scenes of things like Annie Oakley shooting targets in 1894, 24 seconds long, in comparison to Roundhay which was only two.

[Senjhin]

Wait, ignore that. I was under the impression that Roundhay was from 1898. Misunderstanding on my part. :)

[billiejoe1980]

CAM WHORE!!!

[Tsubahi]

Fantastic to see someone born in 1700s somewhat come to life in this "film"!

[rafllejam]

His hair is wonderful. He lived (for a bit) at the same time as Mozart!

[MoveOnDotOrgg]

He seems a little gassy - then cuts one at 1:16, every laughs :)

[gipcambero]

C'est énorme!!! il savait peut être déjà parler lors de la révolution !!

[dogshitlover]

seem's He's so addicted in posing to the camara..He should have a friendster account to upload some pictures of himself...LOL

[frenchysko]

extraordinary document!

[ThalieXVII]

Wow! This is great! To know he was alive when the French revolution took place! And he seemed in shape for someone 100 years old!

[GeigerTec]

This man was born in 1786! He was alive during President Washington's administration! He lived through the war of 1812, and the Civil War during president Lincoln's term. He saw the invention of the first steam engines and the light bulb! This is so fascinating, what a historical treasure ^^

[JediGoddessChristy]

This is why YouTube is cool :)

[Chubachus]

very interesting

[Pitcairn2]

That man was not even years old when the French Revolution broke out. What storys he could have told. amazing.

[AnthonySChappell]

dude needs a haircut!

[LittleLulu62]

Back then they didn't have a barber shop around every corner! But he sure could have used a good trim, huh? ^_^

[praskovia13]

great post, nice to see this on here

[chrisgrrd]

It's weird to see someone born back in the 1700s in motion! Spooky yet cool!!

[krirre]

Yes, i find it very amazing to see a guy born in the 1700s in motion! But i was also hoping to hear him talk, it would have been cool !

[richardbrompton]

When was the first solo Wanking Film?

[Kvltman]

LOL!

[nalinnath]

Very good, Thanks to bring these important images come to life!!

[nalinnath]

very good...thanks to bring these historical images come to live!

[sl5311]

Favorite of the ladies

Refined, society man, rich

Known as good natured, kind hearted

Said to have eaten little

Had a good sense of humor, said once, "why would someone want to be my asistant, I have already killed four!"

Always greated strangers and friends in a very hearty fashion, a staunch friend.

Lived a quiet life otherwise, devoted to study.

[sl5311]

Birth cert's legit

Discoverer of margarine(not the margarine we know today but the precursor)

Original James Randi -skeptic of spiritualism

Pioneer of Organic Chemistry

Breathed polluted air of 19th century industrial revolutionary Paris for decades and still lived to 102

Was 99 when he published his last paper

Theories of color influenced Van Gogh (who then made his own improvements)

Influenced Pasteur

[LittleLulu62]

Just to live to be 102yrs old back then was nothing short of a miracle! O_O

[Haddock420]

Living to 102 today would be a miracle.

[LittleLulu62]

True. O_o

[cleftronix]

Well...not bad. I mean, it's not the Roundhay Garden Scene, but then again, what is?

[NGS712]

cleft: Plus it isn't an actual film. Plus Roundhay's got nothin' on Train at La Ciotat Station! Such Suspense!

[talkingbook86]

it's good... but it's not the action-packed-rollercoaster-ri­de that the Roundhay Garden Scene has always been.

But seriously, it is a fascinating curio.

[TobHussey]

In the comments, don't forget that he saw the Eiffel Tower being unveiled.

[lunaangel56]

Wow, amazing.

[1952a]

The secret of a long live is: smoke a good cigar every day (not cigarretes), and drink a cup of spanish of france wine. One question, what is the name of the music?

[swagner99]

The music is "Sailor's hornpipe medley" performed by Charles D'Almaine, released on the Edison Amberol label in the year 1912. I downloaded it from the UCSB cylinder preservation and digitization project website.

[NGS712]

swagner: Is it on YT, besides from this vid?

[swagner99]

I haven't come across this music anywhere else on YouTube.

You might want to Google "cylinders library" if you're interested in old recordings. UCSB has hundreds of MP3 and wav files posted on their site.

[NGS712]

swagner: Thanks. Still at least there's this vid!

[Mality]

A spry old gent at age 100...think of the amazing history during his lifetime. Washington, Lincoln, Napoleon, Bismarck...all alive during his lifespan.

Today, what have we got? Snoop Dogg, Paris, Dubya, Putin...

[ColdReaver1]

he must of been alive in the late 17 hundreds, its just unbelievable..

[twojstary732]

Oh boy! Amazing! A real treasure!

[stupidcatfilms]

kreeppy

[NGS712]

No disrespect to Chevreul, but doesn't he look a little like Yoda?

[NGS712]

Oh good, everyone took my comment well. Which is more than I can say for most vids.

[mehhganxLUVSxu]

thats just guureat. wow he was a hottie lol. naw far from it. this is just weird. May i mention the hott music?

[LittleLulu62]

To live to be that age back then was nothing short of a miricle. O_o

[fallgropen]

He lived 1786-1889 (103 years)

[TrancetasticWilza]

he looked like a happy man.

[budno1]

he lived during the signing of the decleration of independence also very interesting im guessing

[NGS712]

bud: Chevrul born 1786, Dec. of Indep. signed 1776. Need I say more?

[fezkraut]

Amazing. He was born in 1786! The same year Mozart composes The Marriage of Figaro !!!

[budno1]

so hes 100 years old?

[Allen2880]

Thanks swagner99.

[OnionHead1988]

he doesnt look 100,  about 80 i would say

[OnionHead1988]

he was born in 1786

[brhumgorst]

he needs a facebook. I am sure we would love to have one.

[JoalRavushur]

apparently he invented margarine... clearly the most famous man of his generation :p

[RichPlaystation]

You could say, he couldn't have been butter known.