Stock
footage archive houses constantly get requests for footage for productions,
which, for a fee, they are generally happy to supply. Much of it consists
of actual news footage documenting specific events.
However, the following*
gave them pause. Among the requests from researchers, and video and
film producers has been authentic footage of:
- Socrates
- Moses parting the Red Sea
- George Washington crossing the Delaware
- Jesus Christ (both footage and still photos)
- the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence
- Lewis Carroll, reading from his work
- the first hot-air balloon ascension (in 1783)
- the first lunar landing, shot from the perspective of
the moon's surface
*These are just a few examples
of actual requests compiled by William Cole, a New York-based documentary
producer. They probably also bolster the argument that History should
be a required subject in school.
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