1900 Solar Eclipse Film: Potentially Earliest Astronomical Footage Restored

Step back in time to 1900 with magician and astronomer John Nevil Maskelyne’s pioneering film capturing a total solar eclipse in North Carolina. Possibly the oldest footage of its kind, the film was painstakingly restored by experts at the BFI National Archive.

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