Excellent Civil War veterans footage, plus very rare 1863 experimental video

Authentic American Civil War footage shot by French experimental photographer and inventor Léon-Alexandre Cànular (1810 - 1896) using a single lens camera that he had devised. It is one of the earliest examples of motion picture and the first with war as the subject matter. Shot at 16-18 frames per second, only photographic copies of parts of the paper filmstrip exist today.

The subject matter is thought to be The Army of Northern Virginia advancing thought Maryland prior to the Battle of Gettysburg. This footage was preserved by the National Film Registry in 1991 for being ''a historically significant film.''

All footage is public domain.





Rare Footage of Civil War Veterans Doing the Rebel Yell





Civil war veteran soldier footage, captured between 1913 and 1938 Ken Burns narrates some footage of Civil War veterans at Gettysburg.

cool vids

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They're working fine ... :)

Possibly you need to adjust your Internet browser settings, or turn on the ability to view videos, but there's nothing that needs to be done on our server end.

Regards,
Doug

Dear fellow non-French experts.

Please go here and read about CANULAR

https://www.google.fr/#q=canular

Wouldn't you be just a wee bit suspicious of a supposedly ancient film made by a gentleman with the unusual name of, say, John Doe Hoax?

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It is one of the earliest examples of motion picture

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That's an understatement. The supposed date is a whole generation before any other known motion picture. At a time when photographs required solid seconds of exposure, not milliseconds. The mysterious "Mr. Hoax" appears to have had unique access to photographic materials that promptly disappeared again for another quarter of a century.

Technological inconsistency - or sheer impossibility of realisation in the specific period - is always a giveaway for faking. As the author of a very informative book on detecting fakes once put it: "Don't believe you have discovered Henry VIII's automobile, even if it has Tudor roses painted all over it".

Guys, we spend a not inconsiderable amount of time in exposing fake guns. Just apply the same critical faculties in this case.

Good catch Patrick ... :thup:

1863 Video - Fake? | American Civil War Forums

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Apparent source of doctered clip.... :)

Gettysburg 2008 Civil War Reenactment ANV Marching to Battle - YouTube

Regards,
Doug

Very very cool vids!