Showing posts with label long lives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label long lives. Show all posts

Thursday, October 8, 2009

The oldest filmed person?

Last night, as part of my revision, i was watching some old newsreels on DVD. One was of the 1935 general election and showed a 103 year old man going to cast his vote. This of course means he was born in about 1832! So that got me wondering, who is the oldest person to have ever been filmed? By that of course the person born before anyone else who was filmed by a motion picture camera. As motion pictures or films date back to the late 1880s it is possible that someone born in the 18th century was filmed. Does anyone know?

Saturday, July 18, 2009

World's oldest man dies

Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man has died at the age of 113. He was one of the last surviving veterans of World War 1 and the last survivor from the founder members of the RAF. Now when someone dies at such a great age i am always fascinated by how much "history" they have seen in their lives. Henry was born in 1896 so:
  • Despite being a founder member of the RAF was 7 before man actually first took to the air in an aeroplane
  • Was 9 when my grandmother was born
  • Was 22 when World War 1 ended
  • Was nearly 40 when my parents were born
  • Was nearly 50 when World War 2 ended
  • Was 56 when Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne
  • Topically was 73 when men first landed on the moon
  • And was 75 when i was born!