The British Film Institute (BFI) and the Royal Astronomical Society have
announced the rediscovery of the earliest moving picture of a total solar
eclipse from 1900.
It has been painstakingly digitally restored.
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Originally Posted by Royal Astronomical Society
The film was taken by British magician turned pioneering filmmaker Nevil Maskelyne on an expedition by the British Astronomical Association to North Carolina on 28 May, 1900. This was Maskelyne's second attempt to capture a solar eclipse. In 1898 he travelled to India to photograph an eclipse where succeeded but the film can was stolen on his return journey home. It was not an easy feat to film. Maskelyne had to make a special telescopic adapter for his camera to capture the event. This is the only film by Maskelyne that we know to have survived.
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Originally Posted by Royal Astronomical Society
Dr. Joshua Nall, Chair, RAS Astronomical Heritage Committee adds: "This is a wonderful archival discovery: perhaps the oldest surviving astronomical film, it is a really striking record of both early cinema and late Victorian eclipse observing. The BFI are ideal partners, they've done a fantastic job digitally restoring the film and it's great that it will be available for anyone to view free of charge as part of their trove of Victorian cinema."
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Story here :-
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-solar-...ught-life.html
Video here :-
https://youtu.be/q4jfPfMKBgU
Victorian era 1900 solar eclipse movie digitally restored
