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1900s MPEG compression was pretty intense.
by TOGoS 11mo ago
1900s MPEG compression was pretty intense.
- thomastjeffery 11mo agoThankfully the second video contains a much more watchable film rip.
- throawayonthe 11mo agoi think it's a reupload of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Edison,_Panorama_of_the_Moving_Boardwalk.ogv https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Edison,_Panorama_o... which links to https://lccn.loc.gov/00694271 https://lccn.loc.gov/00694271 , but that does not seem to have a digital copy available edit: well here's an archive but it's not any better https://web.archive.org/web/20231016184047if_/http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/edmp/1771.mpg https://web.archive.org/web/20231016184047if_/http://memory....
- ProllyInfamous 11mo agoAt 5m39s of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1900_-_The_Paris_Exposition_Universelle.webm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1900_-_The_Paris_Expositi... is a higher quality view of the walkway (plus thirty minutes of other sights to behold from that World's Fair). 7m20s of the same video clip features a clip shot of riders on the overhead converyor/walkway. [the original film was silent, audio is faked]