What's the oldest film you have seen?

I did a search and couldn't find a thread with this question. What's the oldest feature film and short film you have seen?

Mine:
feature: Traffic in Souls (1913)
short- Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)

According to Letterboxd...

Oldest short: Passage of Venus (1874) and Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878)
Oldest feature: Dante's Inferno (1911) at 72 minutes

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For short film, it would be complicated to consider because I have watched stuff like The passage of Venus, some Muybridge works, etc., that are in very broad terms cinema, but the first that can be fully recognized as such would be Le Prince's Roundhay Garden Scene.

As for feature length, over 40 minutes it's The life and passion of Jesus Christ, an ambitious French narration of the story of Jesus Christ made in 1903. First over 60 minutes is Dante's Inferno from 1911.

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Oldest film short was an experimental film by Thomas Edison with people playing in the snow sliding on sleds. Oldest full length movie I've seen was The Birth of a Nation (1915)

The Big Trail (1930)

A Trip to the Moon / Cabiria.

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Correction I've seen A Trip to the Moon (1902)

Over 30 minutes, The Kid and The Phantom Carriage, both 1921.

Various shorts from the 19th century.

Longer ones like Easy Street 1917, Trip to the Moon 1902.

Speed watched Birth of a Nation 1915.

First talkie Blackmail 1929.

The oldest film: L'arrivée d'un Train en Gare de La Ciotat, 1896

Oldest feature film is J'Accuse, 1919

Also I saw the oldest animated film, Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, 1906

I was on a kick to watch a bunch of old Lumière brothers stuff and related antique films, so 1895 or so.


Actually, just looked on icheckmovies: the oldest is Passage de Venus 1874

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I don't think I've ever watched a silent film from beginning to end. Just clips. I want to say The Cocoanuts (1929) but I can't swear that I watched the whole thing.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) is the earliest that I can say without a doubt I watched in its entirety.

Snow White (1916) although I didn't see it when it was released for the first time (because we didn't have the money for pleasures like the cinema).

A much lengthier feature was Metropolis (1927)

Aside from clips of early movies, I guess it was Birth of a Nation, that whole, melodramatic festival of bigotry.. Apparently, 1915 was also an apex in popularity of the Klan. No surprise.

Seen plenty of later silents.

For what it's worth, Roundhay Garden Scene is generally considered to be the first film ever made, so that one, I guess.

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If you ever get the chance, there's a chamber music group called Alloy Orchestra, that does live accompaniments to a bunch of silents. I saw them do original music with a restored print of Metropolis. It was quite a memorable show.

It's worth checking out other groups that do shows like this. It really brings old silent movies alive, makes them less of an anachronism.

The oldest feature film I’ve seen is The Birth of a Nation (1915), directed by D.W. Griffith. It’s notable for its pioneering techniques in narrative filmmaking, though it's also highly controversial due to its racist content.

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Does Arrival Of A Train At Le Ciotat (1898) count?

If not then maybe The Haunted Castle from 1896.