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This is a clip from a 60 second long video, called 'The Weavers'. It was made by her grandsons, the Manaki Brothers, who themselves were pioneers in early cinema and theatre. They claim that Grandma Despina was a 114 at the time of filming, a claim that has remained unchallenged.
memeofficer
I'm Greek and I can assure you, if there is one group of people ewho can reach 100 years with ease, it's people from Crete, like D. Manaki
edplh
They had composite 24 frame pull down in 480i then? I thought everything was shot with film.
ravnsulter
Where have all the pixels gone?
piewacket
Earliest born human ever recorded on video??? Doesn't Otzi have that honour, albeit posthumous?
pottomusmaximus
*Film.
flamingflamingo
"Unchallenged?" Burden of proof lies on the one making the claim. It doesn't need to be "challenged", it needs to be proven.
BeautifulSound
Recorded on FILM, goddammit
MattDude
Film.
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ThisIsWhyIDontTrustPeople
of the mother and the youngest son. Seems unlikely.
wekanz
https://mashable.com/2014/11/05/first-photograph-of-a-human/
lawideas
Lifespan claims from that era are sketchy at best.
memeofficer
She was Greek. From Crete.
LastStryker
Someone who is 114 isn't going to be that mobile.
imgjim
Film was shot in 1905... It wasn't captured on video until it was telecined
idrinkcheapbeer
Kind of a weird thing to draw a line in the sand about, but you do you.
wekanz
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/5umdcd/hannah_stilley_gorby_born_in_1746_was_the/
oldguyexlurker
Y'all got any more of them "pixels?"
bigal3107
Video? You mean film don't you?
mollywobbles
There’s a difference between “video” and “film.” This would not have been video. We also had movies well before 1905.
mollywobbles
She may be the earliest born person on film; just clarifying she wasn’t the first person at all to be filmed.
pickledpunk021
From the thumbnail I thought it was Betty White.
loctrizzle
Is it not?
CaptainMcFloaty
Your almost right. Betty White was this lady's nanny though growing up
WanPannnnnnnnnnnnch
Well, it could be Betty White. No one truly knows how old she is.
AlmightyThor117
dghammer
ruth bader ginsburg
ttimbric
Of all the videos posted without sound, thank goodness this one was posted with sound.
sacrosanctt
It's like I'm there.
onecowboytoo
And yet they keep posting all of those Charlie Chaplin gifs without sound.
BackAlleyMedic
Sound wasnt invented back in those days
BackAlleyMedic
Wasnt until 1923 when Jeremy sound discovered there was more senses to the human body. Incredible.
Mxlespxles
Goddammit
gilliamv
dghammer
And SO loud....I’m deaf now.
veryhighatwork
Mycologics
WHAT?
AdmiralRedBeard
WORLDSTAR!
esheikamiasiouri
Her grandsons were born in 1878 and 1882 respectively. She was born in Ottoman occupied Greece. Not a chance of confirming her birth date.
pffan
What do you mean respectively?
esheikamiasiouri
Each grandson
esheikamiasiouri
As she was a woman we can only find records of her brothers and sons. Propably on some Janissarie or property documents
Lulabel73
Maybe they’re her great grandsons because she would be 87 when they were born.
esheikamiasiouri
With that age difference she would have been called grandma even if she was just an older female relative
LCPLunderground
Big Mama got that sugar.
Lulabel73
True
Maxgaap
I challenge the claim
JamiesEPIRB
If society has thought us anything in the last 20 years, it’s you’re not allowed to challenge a woman’s claim without yourself being sexist.
keejan
YouMayFeelAPinch
Well any video of a mummy trumps the " earliest born human to ever be recorded on video" ... they forgot the "living at the time" part.
LiquidSodium
You cant just challenge something like that
engineerofdeath
I challenge your claim!
KrondorMocker
You cant just challenge someones non-challenge of a challenge like that...
Terkesaurus
It's weird that it feels good.
ChainmailleAddict
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Adriaans_Boomgaard No one near 114 showed up until around the 1980's. I doubt it.
dontfloatmygoat
*1890s
ChainmailleAddict
No, 1980's. The difference between 110 and 114 is astonishing, since at that age you have essentially a 1/2 chance of death per year.