Earliest-born person ever captured on film [Pope Leo XIII in a colorized film]

YouTube ^ | Oct. 18, 2021 | Nineteenth Century Videos

[Leaning Right]

Pope Leo XIII was born in 1810. At that time James Madison was president of the United States and Napoleon was master of Europe. This remarkable film was shot in 1896.

[Leaning Right]

Here’s a clip from the old TV show “I’ve Got a Secret”. The year was 1956. The contestant witnessed Lincoln’s assassination!

https://youtu.be/1RPoymt3Jx4

[PGR88]

As a child, mother recalls her old uncle Robert, born in 1854, telling her how as a boy, he climbed a telegraph pole in Buffalo NY, to watch Lincoln’s funeral cortege pass by.

It was always an interesting story until one day we were in town and visited the Buffalo History Museum. We saw a photo of Lincoln’s funeral cortege stopped in front of city hall at the time. And there, on a telegraph pole across the street, was a shadow of a figure...

[BigJimSportCamper]

He is making the Sign of The Cross blessing.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

That’s wild, he was born a year after Lincoln. If Lincoln wasn’t assassinated there’s a chance he could have been filmed as well,

[Leaning Right]

> You can see him saying “Let’s go Brandon” to one of the Cardinals. <

Leo XIII probably consulted one of those secret Vatican texts and knew what was coming.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

What? Was there a video chip shortage in 1896 as well? These supply chain problems just never quit, do they?

Heh, heh...you got me! Good catch. I guess I should have said “movie camera and movie film” to be more correct.

[Az Joe]

Good question.

Roosevelt.

[Az Joe]

Theodore and Elliot ROOSEVELT

[Az Joe]

Annnnnnd........?!

[Buttons12]

They weren’t even called “movies” yet. Moving pictures was the usual term.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Dang, corrected twice on one post! Can somebody find a third boo-boo?

[Buttons12]

Dang, corrected twice on one post! Can somebody find a third boo-boo?

I accept your challenge. (Those who look for trouble always find it.)

I wasn't correcting you, I was merely offering up some trivia. IMO it wasn't even wrong to call it video.

It's all good. :)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I know...just joshin’ you.

As Rush used to say all the time, “words mean things.” Precision in language is good.

[Ancesthntr]

Not even close: https://www.geni.com/blog/the-earliest-born-person-to-be-photographed-389953.html

[Vermont Lt]

Photography started in the 1840’s. Pope Leo was nowhere near the earliest born person.

There were people born in the mid 1700’s photographed.

[NWFree]

At least there are pictures of Lincoln

[ops33]

How do they know what all the colors should be?

[nesnah]

It’s nice to see no one wearing masks.

[Leaning Right]

> Not even close <

Please note that we’re not talking about pictures here. We’re talking about movies (motion pictures). Leo XIII was the earliest-born person to be in a movie.

At least that’s what the YouTube Tube poster claims.

[BenLurkin]

Dunno. Computuers do it mostly it says.