1886 Billiards Silent Film

Wow, my friend and I just had a good laugh about this. I was fooled, too. The beginning says 1/4/86. That's 1986. You know because it's in a computer font ("wargames font" as my friend put it) AND they provide a 7-digit telephone number for a video company. What's more, the first silent film isn't until 1888 (ty, Wikipedia!).

Nice find. Definitely very very old. Not 1886.
 
CrownCityCorey said:
So, where's the video?
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That's weird, for some reason it's not playing.

If you click on my name "Kirschstrasse" at the top of that page, it will take you to a page showing the title of the film.

It was working......... :confused:
 
jay helfert said:
There were no silent films in 1886. Edison invented film making in the early 20th Century. Nice try, but no sale.
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What'a I know, I just go by what I see. :)
 

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I guess the image above DOES mean 1986 and this was a transfer to what I have. :D :D

Anyway, there is a guy in the film by the name of Charles Peterson and he was playing in the early twenties.
 
jay helfert said:
There were no silent films in 1886. Edison invented film making in the early 20th Century. Nice try, but no sale.
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Sorry, Edison did not invent filmmaking. The actual inventor was "William Kennedy Laurie Dickson--who invented the camera and viewer for which Edison took credit and who, sometime between 1889 and 1891, made the first American movie"

Quoted from my Early Film History Text :D

The effort was financed; however by Edison.
 
CrownCityCorey said:
Sorry, Edison did not invent filmmaking. The actual inventor was "William Kennedy Laurie Dickson--who invented the camera and viewer for which Edison took credit and who, sometime between 1889 and 1891, made the first American movie"

Quoted from my Early Film History Text :D

The effort was financed; however by Edison.
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Who knew that our very own "der spieler" was so edumacated ..... :D

Russ......
 
Just to have a decent transfer (circa 1986) of a late 20's billiards film is still pretty impressive. Considering it's a short, we should all be glad this thing wasn't destroyed decades ago.
 
Am I being sucked in here. I would love to se this but the link you have posted leads to youtube but no movie. Please repost the link, Thanks
 
jay helfert said:
There were no silent films in 1886. Edison invented film making in the early 20th Century. Nice try, but no sale
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Edison's Kinetoscope was actually displayed in 1891. But the the French duo, the Lumiere brothers are widely credited with the invention of the portable motion picture camera in 1895.

But in 1886 you could take some peyote, and a few photographs which would result in a motion picture. Still works today, if your not into netflix. :D
 
Jeff said:
... I know it's 1886 because the opening screen says Jan 4 '86 ...
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Based on the name of the Mayor of St. Louis, it was made between 1925 and 1933. Peterson looks pretty young in the clip but not that young.
 
Jeff said:
I guess the image above DOES mean 1986 and this was a transfer to what I have. :D :D

Anyway, there is a guy in the film by the name of Charles Peterson and he was playing in the early twenties.
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Charles Peterson was inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame in 1966. He was born in 1880, so obviously this isn't from the 1880's. Still it's a very fine post. Thanks.
 
Spectacular footage, however you are all wrong.
This film is from 1786 as I saw George Washington shaking hands at the end.
Thanks for sharing.
Professor Cue
 
In the beginning of the video, the Mayor of St. Louis shoots a ball. That man was Victor J. Miller serving from 1925 to 1933.

So this video was shot in those years.
 
TX Poolnut said:
Charles Peterson was inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame in 1966. He was born in 1880, so obviously this isn't from the 1880's. Still it's a very fine post. Thanks.
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Yea, I saw his name in the movie when I was making it and was in a hurry to get it done and posted. Obviously, If I would have did a search on him before I posted I would have known. Just got in a hurry.
 
I did a little research and this is what I found.

In the beginning of the video, Dr. C. Bruce, 74, is listed as the winner of the perpetual youth tounament. I found articles about other perpetual youth tournaments online. One of them was the March 8, 1931 edition Lincoln Star newspaper of Lincoln, Nebraska with the following passage:

"The Perpetual Youth Billiard club of St. Louis, organized by Charles C. Peterson ... The first tournament, played in 1926, was won by Dr. C. Bruce, age 73."

That means that the video is of the second year Perpetual Youth tournament because it lists Mr. Bruce as 74 years old.

Therefore, the video is from 1927.:cool:

Man, I should get some rep for this. wink, wink.
 
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