# What Historical Event Would You Most Like To Have Video Footage Of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440 "2009-05-14T18:49:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/21 "2009-05-15T02:40:06Z")
Rather than add my own, I’d like to mention how great the DVD extras would be. Go upthread and reread with the idea of, say, outtakes from the first friction fire, the director’s commentary during the last supper, alternate angles of Dallas or a battle, the _interviews_ … ---
**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/22 "2009-05-15T02:53:33Z")
Construction of the pyramids, maybe? My understanding is that there is still some debate on exactly how it was done so that could be put to rest. And would it be too morbid to want to see the death of Anne Boleyn? I find her to be one of the most fascinating people in history, so to see how she handled the moment intrigues me. Same era, the moment Elizabeth became Queen. The Battle of Thermopylae. ETA: Thought of another one: the first meeting between Europeans and Native Americans. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/23 "2009-05-15T08:52:10Z")
Dinosaurs. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2009, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/24 "2009-05-15T09:07:18Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > The crucifixion of Jesus Christ and its aftermath. Isn’t there a difference between the sinking of the Titanic, say, which is a historical event that we know to have happened, and this, where part of the argument is simply WHETHER it happened? I mean, say you got footage somehow of some poor slob being crucified by the Romans around 30 AD–no one would argue that this never happened, but skeptics would still ask (reasonably) whether this was footage of the Son of God or just a Garden-variety execution, no? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/25 "2009-05-15T11:24:14Z")
•The Petersburg Mine. •Krakatoa. •The Tunguska Event •Hiroshima and/or Nagasaki. •The Tsar Bomba test. [Er…might need a faraday cage or something for those last ones.] I…sense I theme, here. 🙂 After that… •John Wilkes Booth being shot. •Hitler committing suicide. •Beria’s execution. …just so I can take the footage, put part of it in slow motion, and turn it into the best Imogen Heap mix video on YouTube _EVER_. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/26 "2009-05-15T11:35:58Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’m gonna add to this and say the resurrection. Coupled with the above would give much more of an impact than just the crucifixion. I second this- verifiable evidence of this would answer, if not everything, a whole lot. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/27 "2009-05-15T11:43:08Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > And you get to see His mom come in; > > "Jesus Christ! How many times do I have to tell you?! > ELBOWS OFF THE TABLE!! “And for the last time – Jesus Christ, would you shut the door after you come in? What, were you born in a . . . oh :o – sorry.:smack:” ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/28 "2009-05-15T11:48:27Z")
The Battle of the Nile. The Battle of Trafalgar. The Battle of Waterloo. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/29 "2009-05-15T12:18:21Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Dinosaurs. Me, too. If I have to pick a specific event, give me a T.rex hunting something, so I can say “nyah nyah” to Horner and his “T.rex wasn’t an active hunter” hypothesis. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/30 "2009-05-15T13:02:11Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’m gonna add to this and say the resurrection. Coupled with the above would give much more of an impact than just the crucifixion. That’s what I meant by aftermath. Being an atheist, I wasn’t going to say resurrection, though. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/31 "2009-05-15T14:15:51Z")
Dinosaurs, darn it! Awesome ones. ---
**Author:** ![Telcontar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/32 "2009-05-15T15:05:04Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > The crucifixion of Jesus Christ and its aftermath. > [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > This was my first thought. > Maybe the last supper, too. > > Maybe seeing a decisive battle won, especially the British Navy defeating the Armada. Actual footage would be pretty awesome. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Anything involving the historical Jesus, Buddha or Muhammad. This is also my, rather unoriginal, thought. I care a lot less about famous battles. On one hand, sure, cool. On the other, would you really want to watch a tape of thousands of real people dying? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/33 "2009-05-15T15:17:58Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > I would love to have had the full pay-per-view multi-channel extravaganza package of the very first 776 B.C. Olympic games. You that your extravagant package would be all-nude? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/34 "2009-05-15T15:33:32Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > You that your extravagant package would be all-nude? It would also be a very short show. The first Olympiad consisted of a single foot race over a distance of about 190 metres. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/35 "2009-05-15T15:56:42Z")
Well, if we can choose dinosaurs, then I want that. I thought they were excluded because it had to be something since history began. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/36 "2009-05-15T16:28:53Z")
I’d have to go with the dinosaurs. While video of Jesus’s resurrection would be enlightening and profitable, video of Jesus’s decomposition (days 0-3) would be a wasted opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/37 "2009-05-15T16:35:29Z")
The events leading up to, the event, and the aftermath of the Roswell UFO crash, in order to verify the source of the UFO. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/38 "2009-05-15T17:05:07Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > TWA 800. > > End the discussion once and for all. Yeah. Because there’s lots of video footage of the September 11 attacks, and _nobody_ argues about those… I mean, it’s a nice try, but wouldn’t settle anything. I’m thinking of one of the historically huge volcanic explosions or asteroid impacts that helped shape the planet. Or the first recognizably animal creature to crawl out of the oceans or whatever other ooze it came from. ---
**Author:** ![Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hero_From_Sector_7G)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/39 "2009-05-15T17:58:25Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I thought they were excluded because it had to be something since history began. When did history begin? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440/40 "2009-05-15T18:01:28Z")
Chixiloob Asteroid Strike (aka-The Dinosaur Killer), preferably from a high orbit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-most-like-to-have-video-footage-of/496440.md?page=3)