1. Pope Leo XIII was the earliest-born person recorded on film. Born in 1810, he was 86 years old when this was captured in 1896. For reference, the Pope was born the year after Lincoln and Darwin and the same year as Chopin.
2. D-Day, 6th June 1944
3. This footage was recorded in Gateshead, England, on May 8th, 1945, following Churchill's declaration of Victory in Europe.
Thread of historical photos you've (probably) never seen before 🧵
1. A Protestant husband and his Catholic wife were not allowed to be buried together. These are their headstones, reaching across the two cemeteries in 1888.
2. Jenny Joseph posing for Columbia Pictures Logo, 1992
3. Dresden viewed from the Rathaus (city hall) in 1945
Between 13 and 15 February, over 3,900 tons of explosives and incendiaries were dropped on Dresden.
The resulting firestorm destroyed more than 1,600 acres of the city centre and killed up to 25,000 people.