Earliest surviving film and sound recording 1888

[TylerMontana]

Wait, what? People used their legs to get somewhere??? O_O

[RatedRLilStar]

I am utterly fascinated by the earliest films and earliest sound recordings. The thought of how far technology has come in such a relatively short time (considering the span of human history) just astounds me. Thank you so much for putting this together and sharing it, JackGibbonsHQ!

[ElvisIsAwesome123]

Imagine how awesome they thought this was when they saw it

[stingme88x]

@Chris09181972 LOL!!!!

[geoffolehane]

Wow. This is something else. Nicely put together.

[gamesDAMNED]

That was soooo incredibly trippy! Awesome!

[MrVellini]

What... no explosions???

[WesleyF350]

ROFL

[Tcc80s]

love it...it's kind of creepy lol

[oas1s2004]

amazing!



[Dulcimerea]

Can you imagine... Reagan was still president when they made this!

[Udany147]

@Dulcimerea wut

[Dulcimerea]

These were my great-grandparents. They were missionaries somewhere. A bug flew in Grandpa's left ear and made a nest, and he couldn't get it out without it biting him all over again. So he left it. It got infected. Afterwards, he could only walk in circles. Grandma was worse off. She had 2 ear bugs. At first she just agitated but then she went to full spin cycle.The only reason she didn't twirl herself on into the next county was because Grandpa kept circling her.

;>)

[chrisman737]

Amazing. Almost surreal. Like going into a time machine to see a glimpse from the past.

[MrMabloz]

rip to the horses haha

[eclecticdufus]

1888 was also the year of Gibert and Sullivan premiering the Yeomen of the Guard (October) --and Jack the Ripper.

[cxoswingdriver1]

Down in the lower right corner of the part of the film showing the street scene (around 1:09), it looks like a father is close to whacking his kid who is probably sassing him. I guess children have always known which of their parents' buttons to push. Some things will never change!

[whst400]

@cxoswingdriver1 ??? It looks to me as though the man is tipping his hat to the passing stagecoach.???

[LeMcCHarStar4ever]

wow! this is so amazing!

[TEAMSTERDCHC]

Those gas powered cameras were great for the time.

[badjemima]

Sounds more like Zadok the Priest?

[sfafasfasfsa]

dude its wierd but when i get filled dread and free when i hear this

[gwz]

What DIDN'T happen in 1888? That may very well be the pinnacle of human history. At least the future looked great. I'm 37 and the space race is already OVER?

[keaton1895]

@gwz The space race is far from over. We have only gone to the moon. The best is still to come.

[freedomfun1]

gangs of new york

[pleonic]

Cool -- *recorded* history!

[misstune1]

Apparently the director mysteriously vanished 2 years later and was never found. Some think he was part of a patent wars assassination by the Edison clan. The woman in the back died exactly 2 days after this was shot at the age of 72.

[TheComputerZombie]

@misstune1 where did you obtain this information?

[misstune1]

@TheComputerZombie wikepedia, I googled "earliest film 1888" it is just a short description.

[elderlyjr]

@misstune1 @TheComputerZombie, misstune1 is correct in what she said. Also the young man walking in circles (Adolphe LePrince) was found dead in NY in 1900. Very strange stuff!

[misstune1]

I just got info about this scene: It features 4 people: Adolphe Le Prince, Sarah Whitley, Joseph Whitley and Harriet Hartley in a garden, walking around and laughing. Sarah is walking backwards as she turns around, and Joseph's coat tails are flying as he is turning.

[cuffew]

Great you ripped those amazing Le Prince films and the sound is beautiful, but phonautograph recordings were first made in 1860!!

[onlythewise1]

great film, thanks

[JoeyRivers]

Ive always pondered whether anyone would or could ever determine if the people portrayed in these films would be their long passed relatives.

[badback22]

Thanks so much, this is a must see for history buffs. Thanks so much.

[Ginoginelli99]

POGO!!!!

[freakahurt]

best picture goes "Earliest surviving film and sound recording 1888 "

[PremiumSoul]

Filmed with a potato.

[iamerica4523]

every day i'm shufflin'!!!



[VictorLepanto]

Running it on that loop makes that woman look like she is turning in circles.

[ver3919d5]

Hallucinant de réaliser....en 2012 ces PERSONNES étaient VIVANTES

[peekininon]

Those people look like they're square dancing. So weird that they've all passed. Someone will be saying that about us one day...yikes!

[bobalegokid123]

kinda scary

[4SCARECROWS]

These are the films that launched millions of sequels.

[Carnosaurus1337]

Sounds more like a train then music.

[denisekershner]

Wow wow wow , Realy Awsom !

[ferociousgumby]

They're really not getting anywhere.

[NPRMc]

Is that the UEFA Champions League theme they are singing? AKA "Zadok the Priest" by Handel.

[LiquidSoapMusic]

@NPRMc i don't believe so, just sounds like it.

[emmers57]

The woman in the middle reminds me of Elvira Gultch.

[novaboy572]

this genre didnt have sound and if your pissed that made this vid tell me how they first made a camera cause i did when i was 8

[novaboy572]

first recorded film but its repeated and the sound is a dub i know history and this is a phony film

[LiquidSoapMusic]

@novaboy572 okay.... the film is not phony, its a real film and earliest piece of film that exists.

The music you hear was not part of the film, we know this, as the intro tells you, its from the earilist "--- ''purposely'' ---" recorded music.

[jadenkam1]

so this is what movies were like back then looks like clips repeaating

[ZeekWolfe1]

You might notice the boy walking with the older man near the wagon pulled by the single horse. I'm the little boy. All my life I've wondered what that guy in the window was doing with the crank on this big box. I moved to America with me mum shortly after and now I get to see myself in flickers. I'm pretty old, now, but they let antiques like me look at computer images during down times at the sanatorium. Many thanks for this posting, I'm almost ready to go home to glory.

[russiantoughguy]

@ZeekWolfe1 you lie!!!!!

[mukamuka229]

R.I.P to all of those in this video.

[Taranis501]

I heard they're going to rerelease this in 3D this year.

[cuffew]

@Taranis501

3D moving picture projections were patented first in 1859:

[WesleyF350]

@Taranis501 lol

[Professor6871]

@Taranis501 I'd prefer to watch that than James Cameron's sick 3D film version of his 1998 hit Titanic. What next Auschwitz in 3D?

[thereelkane]

i would love to live then.as a mountain man though.fuck the city.

[Tsarevna303]

This is your recording. This is your recording with an invisible steam train. Any questions?

[Vasilouxxx]

People whom make "UFO real!" type videos still use the seme equiptment ;-) As do NASA ;-)

[MrChristie85]

yeah...i kinda feel im gonna have nightmares tonight

[jessandjeff101]

...7 days...

[801liveable]

it's too weird to explain...

[JesseAnneDesigns]

this is why I love the internet...

[ultravioletgaia]

ugh....creepy

[espada1968]

Very nice informations.

[NITTER68]

7 days........

[TheCrisandairtwins]

It's Very Interesting To See What Was In The Past Compared To Now,And Creepy Because Once You Think Back,Those People Were Born In 1888 Which Means they Are Dead Now.

[redlands43]

@TheCrisandairtwins

if they were born in 1888, we would be seeing dancing babies, not adults, they were born 1850-60 min,one of them looks to be older, so he may have been born 1820s

[breizhcatalonia1993]

@redlands43 who said that they were born in 1918?.

[GemCan78]

@TheCrisandairtwins It's truly amazing to see this piece of recorded history...I mean just look at the world in 1888...Native Americans were still fighting in the American Midwest, 95% of American homes didn't have indoor plumbing, no sinks, toilets, showers, etc...every European country, with the exception of Switzerland and France, had a monarch as its ruler...Fascism, Communism, Islamic Fundamentalism, were years into the future...and Adolf Hitler was a fetus in Klara's womb...

[friedie1jeff]

Thank you for uploading this. It is fascinating. Can I ask how you have a copy to upload?

[ppaull40]

In faact june 25 1863

[RevengeOfTheKaizer]

@ppaull40 Sorry to break this to you man.

/watch?v=KXGDv5INB-4#!

Skip ahead to 1:30

[ppaull40]

confedrate soldiers marching 1865 .I saw it on you tube

[superschmuck]

its funny cause they're all dead

[LavenderHoneyPancake]

I feel as if these people are now going to appear in my living room. Still doing that ghostly two-step dance.

[cadrolls]

Very well done! Thank you for sharing this film.

[62636263c]

I would love to be able to time travel.

[SymphonyOfSword2Swan]

@62636263c scientists did find a way to time travel! but its impossible. I want to try it out one day, but i'm not sure how would I do it.

[62636263c]

@SymphonyOfSword2Swan You would have to travel with someone from the future who already has the technology. It would take a lot of luck for that to happen. I would love to do it though.

[coralarch]

H'mmm, made during the reign of terror by Jack the Ripper.

[Professor6871]

@coralarch Yeah the man doping his hat to woman in the film could of been the Ripper himself.

[coralarch]

@Professor6871 LOL. My grandma could be in this crowd, too!

[rosskstar]

this sounds like it's MADE UP!

[ageudgejdpdvjry]

So what's it about? O.o

[marloflip]

1888 was the year of Jack the ripper, he could be in this film.

[plantain007]

to think everything back then lead to what we have today

[swampzoid]

mesmerizing

[philthroughfire29]

it look's so unreal,to think it was actually like this back then is so weird.

[gvt2u]

This is marvelous how you put this together. Just incredible to go back so far in time with film and audio.

[s9729883a]

At 0:19, must be the ancestors of LMFAO.

[jaymorpheus11]

Interesting, I wonder if those are sounds of the horses trodding along.

[AntaresCortinas]

ehose were times when peopel had somme freedom, not like today!!!

[50centgotshot9times]

this was fucking creepy

[Carbon657]

Back in the black and white days, im glad the world is in colour now because things must have looked crap in black and white.

[MDthornton83]

What's that noise in the background?

[fishhead06]

@MDthornton83 It sounds like an echo from the cylinder of the recording.

[MDthornton83]

1888? Wow.

[marikitna]

incredibly creepy...

[samuriguy909]

scary

[JugmentArts]

The sights and sounds of the engine of progress

[yaHARmeMATEY]

no 1080p?

[LiquidSoapMusic]

@yaHARmeMATEY This is from the 1800s, I don't even think 240p existed.. come on man....

[RevengeOfTheKaizer]

@LiquidSoapMusic He was kidding.

[depeche609]

cocaine is a hell of a drug

[RiaRadioFMHD773]

Very errie we are hearing music made from so long ago (123 years). Ive often wondered if the singers knew they were being recorded or even understood it if they knew.

[Effedup]

Well that wasn't fucking terrifying or anything...

I'm sitting here in a pitch black room watching this shit, I should have my head examined...

[jebsievers]

@Effedup Lol. That first sentence you wrote cracked me up.

[beautybabebuzz]

all those people singing in that choir and all those people in the videos is dead now.

[jokkergar]

@beautybabebuzz No shit, sherlock.

[beautybabebuzz]

@jokkergar

lol! i deserved your sarcasm, but its still a creepy thought hey

[gentle7ways7]

@beautybabebuzz lol

[souperserver]

@beautybabebuzz Ahh... very morose, but exactly what I was thinking.

[flyingidiot357]

it kind of reminds me of the ring...

[Raanngel]

I don't know why.. but when I watch this.. it places fear inside me.. I don't know why.. it feels really horrible...

[suzie4312]

@Raanngel same here

[RRRRapify]

@Raanngel you must have watched "the ring"

[KiiNGB0NGx]

@Raanngel i get the same feeling from really old footage maybe cause were seeing the long dead moving its a bit of a mind fuck

[jasonx2115]

@Raanngel I can feel it. To be honest. Watching this I started to tear up and just think about it.

I never ever cry or tear up at this. But the distorted sound and grainy footage just screams something about creepy.

Just to think that back in the day, This was revolutionary.

[equalhappiness]

@Raanngel My best guess is that the fear has something to do with how some native Americans, back in the old days, refused to allow their picture to be taken. They said it would capture or trap their soul, or something to that effect.

[trentoboy260]

@Raanngel its demonic

[ppaull40]

@Raanngel thats because your schitzo dear .Valium the the trick !!!

[murraymae]

@Raanngel

Me too! Fascinating but CREEPY!!!

[alessya87]

@Raanngel I feel exactly the same, especially if I watch it late at night. And I think it's because we know that these people have died a long time ago and it's a very haunting idea. Plus, we see that the video is very old and they move just like we imagine ghosts to move and act. It has alot to do with horror movies and spirits videos, when actually they were normal ppl, just like us... It's hard to explain, but it creeps me out too, alot! :)

[cowtippingrocks]

@Raanngel its so creepy, but awe inspiring!! In a way makes me glad I wasnt alive back then, probably cuz i'd be dead by now :P

[CIAJISABEAST]

@Raanngel damn you get that feeling too? I get really creepy tingles down my spin.

[SuperKillerdreams]

@Raanngel yea me two this year in this video really scares me people back then like you dont even know that era just scared me for some od reason....idk y it just did

[CAinfowarrior]

@Raanngel it's because you are watching the long departed. - go listen to the first phonautograph recording 17 years b4 edison. the dead speak. : )

[trentoboy260]

must not look behind

[IlikeFoodnDrink]

Wow...

[KingsPowerSteel]

there's a sound recording though from 1860, recently discovered, that seems to be the first one!

[hitmankgm]

@KingsPowerSteel he means the first fully recorded song

[123chrisdee]

Horse and wagon. This is how many still travel in India. 

[volodya2]

I love it: a real time-travel.