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Not that I am questioning it, but how do you prove the authenticity of these sorts of videos? Could just hire an actor with a good accent and do some post proce
by uyt 5y ago
Not that I am questioning it, but how do you prove the authenticity of these sorts of videos? Could just hire an actor with a good accent and do some post processing.
- habibur 5y agoShould have history of it getting preserved over 100 years. Others watched it 40 or say 80 years back.
- christophilus 5y agoAs someone else mentioned, it can be found in the USC (South Carolina) archives[0]. That university has a decent historical library, too. If you’re ever in the area, it’s worth a visit. [0] https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/MVTN/id/5313/rec/2 https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/MVTN/id/5313/r...
- OJFord 5y agoBut that's just saying 'trust that someone else did' isn't it? I take the question to be, say USC discovers (thinks it's discovered) a new similar recording, what can it do to verify authenticity.
- bdz 5y agoIf it's from the US then it was shot on a Kodak nitrate film, they can verify the stock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motion_picture_film_stocks#Early_nitrate_films_(1916%E2%80%931941) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motion_picture_film_st...
- csours 5y agoEven if was recorded at the time it claims to have been, it could still be an actor. The film reel companies were not above such things. It is very hard for me to take this at face value.