As the temperature continues to drop and the fascinating scene of a snowball fight that took place 124 years ago reappears on social media Holiday method.
The video shows a group of adults and children throwing snowballs at each other across the sides of a path, while a biker stepped on them.
When the bicycle approaches, a person crosses the path and snowballs fly around him. The cyclist approached, trying to dodge a series of snowballs by evading his handlebars.
However, it turned out to be too difficult, and the cyclist eventually fell off the bike and continued to roll in the snow.
As more and more people began to shoot, eager to take full advantage of the idyllic winter conditions, people could see snowballs flying in all directions.
The clip has been posted to Reddit Provided by Zee_Ventures, where it has accumulated more than 34,200 votes.A same video was also shared to Twitter The account buitengebieden_ has received more than 377,000 views, 3,000 reposts, and 19,000 likes.
Although it has a history of more than a century, the wholesome fun of video can still resonate with the audience today.
Hefty-Paint-3087 commented: “I am not in the best place in my life right now, but it makes me smile and have a few tears in my eyes…”
Moldypickedpotatoes agrees: “Man, the same…it gives me a lot of happiness.”
Churchbassist994 wrote: “I know this is obvious, but it just shows us that life was like now, but there is nothing so simple and beautiful.”
FullAtticus added: “I don’t think I’ve ever been out in the winter and saw 20 adults playing snowball fights like this. Before we put the magic light box in our house, life must be really different.”
Goods***brain also wrote in a similar reflective tone: “In just 40 years after this incident, I think of what will happen in Europe” is about the upcoming two world wars, which will cause serious damage in France. Destroy, where this movie was filmed.
This video is actually from the silent short film “Bataille de neige” or “Snow Fight” in 1897, which was shot in the city of Lyon.
This film was produced by Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière and Louis Jean Lumière, who are better known as The Lumière brothers, they are pioneers in the manufacture of photographic equipment.
Lumiéres is famous for inventing the Cinématographe, one of the earliest film equipment in the world, which can be used as both a camera and a projector.
They also created the 1895 short film “La Sortie des Ouvriers de l’Usine Lumière” or “Workers leaving the Lumière factory”, which is considered the first film in the world.
The Lumiére brothers then produced a series of black and white shorts, depicting local daily life. France And several short comedies.
In September 2020, after Barcelona film and photography enthusiast Joaquim Campa shared an updated version of the film, “Bataille de neige” (Bataille de neige) returned to public view for the first time .
The difference between this version and the original Lumière is that someone took on the painstaking process of coloring the material while adjusting the speed to make it look more natural.
However, their hard work paid off, and the resulting video provides a fascinating glimpse of the world more than a century ago.
Although it may be staged at the most basic level, the lens still shows that despite so many changes in society and humanity, some things remain unchanged.
Newsweek has contacted Campa for comments.
This is not the first time Lumière Brothers’ work has attracted interest on social media.
Back in October, an incredible color update of another short film from the 1900s, “Sunday in Paris” Was posted to YouTube, Has been viewed more than 719,000 times.
The rare color shots of the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in the 1960s have also recently reappeared on the Internet. Shows how much the city has changed in the decades since.
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