I love these old restored films (or film fragments) from the turn of the last century. Not just because they serve as a window on history, but because they show people, who "joined the majority" decades ago, when they were still alive and vital and young.
Here are two video clips from the very early 1900s (they have been colorized, and the second one had some background sounds added).
First off: cat videos are a lot older than you thought.
Secondly, it seems that ladies were having trouble with air vents scores of years before Marilyn Monroe's famous scene in The Seven Year Itch.
"In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking,
ReplyDeletenow heaven knows, anything goes".
So very, very true, bruce. It often leaves nothing to the imagination.
ReplyDeleteStill, the remastering of old films is quite amazing. The colorization is improving as well, although you could see the face of the older woman in the cat video turn green at time.