The Earliest Film You've Seen

[Amy Jeanne]

The earliest for me was also Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) and the very short clip of a horse crossing a bridge in the same year.

I LOVE old movie clips 1880s-1900s. I have old VHS tapes full of them.

The earliest recording I've heard was Frank Lambert's Experimental Talking Clock from 1878.

http://tinfoil.com/cm-0101.htm#lam-clock

This gives me the absolute WILLIES every time I listen to it (which isn't often!) Motion pictures from that time period don't bother me, but voices freak me out.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The earliest recording I've heard was Frank Lambert's Experimental Talking Clock from 1878.

And it sounds bloody awful.

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[Absinthe_1900]

1899 La Bonne Absinthe filmed by Gaumont.

Fascinating to see for several reasons.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

And it sounds bloody awful.

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But that's why it's so SCARY!!!!!