Carmencita (1894)

The first woman to ever step in front of a motion picture camera in 1894.

No sound.

(The video is available to download here: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4019 )

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• carmencita
• 1894
• early
• motion
• pictures

[Zeanu]

I see her ankles... SUCH PERVERSION!

Great material. Love this one a lot.

[jazzpunkchik]

I'm not an expert, but judiging from some of the steps, it looks like Carmencita is doing a Spanish folk dance called "jota," or at least a variation of it.

[indesatanabest]

still better than twilight

[R7ZK]

good times of childhood

[MattTheSaiyan]

These 1890s shorts are surprisingly entertaining.

[The23s]

@JamesTKirkCobain And when they do, they'll say, "Only two dimensions, completely non-interactive, and no olfactory track? How primitive! Fortunately, our descendants will have much more accurate media to work with when studying us." And then their great-grandchildren will wonder why they even bothered recording without the brainwave accompaniment.

[PowerMetalWorld]

LOL, I'm the 44444 viewer. I rock

[JennRighter]

Lovely video. Sad that all anyone ever seems to talk about, comment on is related to sex. Such a fixation and obsession in society. Makes one glorify the old days, certainly.

[normandyangel]

i love how edison captured ppl of all races not just white men and women,... which probably was most common back then

[JFredUK]

Ankles? Good gracious. Now you'll have to be married.

[patoman881]

@angelito1943 Yo se:-) Solamente digo que uno no se debe de confundir la baile jota con la palabra vulgar "jota"..I know. I was only saying that one oughtn't confuse the dance named jota with the vulgar term for whore "jota";-)

[angelito1943]

@patoman881 Aragon is a part of Spain!!