# What 3 historical events would you like to see on film? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265 "2009-07-16T21:13:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/21 "2009-07-17T17:14:01Z")
An original production of a Shakespeare play (probably _Midsummer Night’s Dream_) The Gettysburg Address Chief Joseph’s “I will fight no more forever” speech > [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > -The moment the first amphibious percursor to man flopped out of the water onto dry land, per the classic image I’m guessing that would be pretty boring. The first one probably flopped out, flopped around for a few seconds, and flopped back. I’m sure it wasn’t an all-at-once proposition, going straight from gills to lungs. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/22 "2009-07-17T17:49:52Z")
The assassination of Czar Nicholas and his entire family The building of Stonehenge The battle of Waterloo ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/23 "2009-07-17T17:56:01Z")
1. The rescues of the Shackleton’s Elephant Island and Ross Sea parties. 2. William Henry Harrison’s two-hour speech on a cold, rainy day, in which he caught a cold that developed into pneumonia.yeah, right 3. [The European discovery of porcelain](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3436729&postcount=39) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/24 "2009-07-17T18:14:27Z")
One would be Bach playing an organ concerto. Not sure about the other two. Maybe William Shakespeare on stage for one of his plays? (Did he perform in his own plays?) In any case, some kind of ephemeral artistic expression or another. If I could get my money back if the event turned out to be apocryphal, I could go for Jesus giving the Sermon on the Mount, I guess. (Oops, didn’t notice that 2 other people had mentioned Shakespeare. I’d still be up for it, or maybe for a first-run Sophocles.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/25 "2009-07-17T19:20:06Z")
> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#): > > 1. The building of the Great Pyramid > 2. The sacking of Rome by the Gauls in 387 A.D. > 3. The Battle of Agincourt, 1415 387 B.C. /nitpick. Mine, off the top of my head; 1. Cortez meeting Moctezuma. 2. Caesar crossing the Rubicon. 3. Alexander’s first step onto Asia. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/26 "2009-07-17T19:25:11Z")
How the Romans flooded the Colosseum The first fire created by man Europeans meeting the natives for the first time ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/27 "2009-07-17T19:27:04Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > The building of Stonehenge I forgot about that. I’d _love_ to see that. Although if you covered the whole process beginning to end it would be a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long video! ---
**Author:** ![straggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@straggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straggler)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/28 "2009-07-17T19:39:00Z")
1. Christ’s Resurrection. 2. Muhammad’s night journey. 3. An ancient battle of some kind. I think Islam and Christianity are the only two religions with a shot at being true, so if I could eliminate/validate them, it would soothe my restless soul. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/29 "2009-07-17T21:01:45Z")
1. Vikings landing in the New World 2. The Greeks emerging from that big ol’ horsey (and the ensuing battle inside the walls of Troy) 3. The death of Jayne Mansfield or Isadora Duncan (I can’t decide) ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/30 "2009-07-17T22:07:03Z")
Hannibal whuppin’ the Romans at the battle of Cannae. For blood and gore it would beat _300_. The death of King Ælla of Northumbria. Just to see if the saga Ragnarssona þáttr had it right and he was really executed by Blood Eagle. And one which becoming a favorite, the Tunguska blast. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/31 "2009-07-17T22:19:16Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > 1. The death of Jayne Mansfield or Isadora Duncan (I can’t decide) Go with Isadora – no [kids](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002127/) involved, AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/32 "2009-07-17T22:53:12Z")
Nelson’s last stand at the Battle of Trafalgar. The first skirmish at Lexington & Concord. Helen of Troy’s tits. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/33 "2009-07-17T23:42:20Z")
Crucifixtion and non-resurrection of Jesus (“He said 3 days!” “How long has it been now?” “I don’t know, just keep waiting!”) Battle of Thermopolye Meteor that killed the dinosaurs ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/34 "2009-07-17T23:45:02Z")
The big floods of geologic history. The one where they think the Med was a dry valley below sea level before water finally breached on one end or the other. And the one where the giant inland sea of Western America finally broke loose. ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/35 "2009-07-18T00:05:45Z")
Just one, the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453. If I can’t see it live, I’d settle for Mel Gibson making it into a movie. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/36 "2009-07-18T08:04:43Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > Helen of Troy’s tits. ::cackle:: ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/37 "2009-07-18T08:30:52Z")
Troy had tits? “Hi, babe. Where ya from?” “Troy’s Tits. My name’s Helen.” “I’m Menelaus.” “Men will lay us?” “Call me Menny. Nice town, Troy’s Tits, is it?” ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/38 "2009-07-18T08:51:30Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > The non-resurrection of Jesus. > [@YogSosoth](#): > > Crucifixtion and non-resurrection of Jesus (“He said 3 days!” “How long has it been now?” “I don’t know, just keep waiting!”) That would be a bit of a waste, wouldn’t it? You wouldn’t learn anything you didn’t already know, while the people who _could_ learn something new would just write it off as a hoax. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/39 "2009-07-18T13:10:52Z")
Working on the supposition that they acutally happened… 1. The landing point of the Noah’s Ark (can we work out where from the video?) 2. Final resting place of the “Lost Ark” (can’t remember the proper name right now - The Ark of the Crucible?) I am tempted to have my third as the time Buddha spent under the tree, the Exodus of the Jews (when they crossed the sea) or the miracle with the fishes but I reserve the right to choose a personal event… 1. Being a little bit pedantic and taking the literal meaning of historical (as opposed to historic), the chain of events and discussions between my mother finding out she was pregnant and the day I got handed to my adoptive parents. (can we film a 9 month timeline and quickly search it for relevant parts?) ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-historical-events-would-you-like-to-see-on-film/503265/40 "2009-07-18T13:58:07Z")
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