Many people wonder how late 19th-century famous figures might have sounded and moved, what sorts of gestures they may have made, and what kinds of facial expressions they might have displayed. Now, some early films of such renowned men and women have been converted to videos available on government or museum websites or popular Internet video-sharing platforms. Helen Keller Anne Sullivan 1930 Newsreel FootageIn a sequence from a 1930 newsreel film, now on video, Anne Sullivan (1886-1936) explains how she taught Helen Keller (1880-1968) to speak. It was a mystery to Keller how Sullivan and others managed to speak without using their hands, as she herself must do. [1]9 Pablo PicassoWatch Picasso Make a MasterpieceIn an excerpt from French filmmaker Henri-George Clouzot’s documentary Le Mystere Picasso (The Mystery of Picasso), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) draws a picture for the camera filming him.

Source: The Nation April 03, 2022 08:54 UTC