I was also in a Philly suburb (Drexel Hill) on that date. My mother and I had probably just finished typing my PhD thesis.
Hmm; the Cadaver Synod might have been an entertaining sight.
I’d like to see Nikola Tesla’s AC power inspired eureka moment during his walk in Budapest. But, I’d really like to see highlights of his entire life on film. Scenes would include:
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His birth on a thunder and lightening stormy night in Croatia.
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Getting off the boat with 4 cents in his pocket and settling in NYC.
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Meeting and being hired by Edison.
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Being poo pooed by Edison when discussing his AC power ideas.
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Development of the AC induction motor at Tesla Electric Co.
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Meeting George Westinghouse for the first time.
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The meeting when Westinghouse screwed him out of royalty rights worth $-billions.
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Tinkering in the Wardenclyffe lab and seeing his tower completed.
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The lights turning on at the Chicago World’s Fair.
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Completion of the Tesla coil.
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Writing about communicating with Martians and sending letters to long-dead friend Mark Twain at a non-existent address.
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Dying alone at the Hotel New Yorker.
Incredible genius. Bittersweet film.
A film about Bob Lazar’s story
That he rose from the dead may not have compelling evidence, but his conception most certainly happened and film of that event would certainly answer a few questions.
I’ve got at least a dozen UFO-related incidents I’d like to see on this camera, mostly because I’d like to confirm my scepticism in each case. But the OP did specify that events involving extraterrestrial life were excluded. Perhaps that means that Lazar, Roswell and the rest could be permitted, since these events almost certainly have nothing to do with aliens.
In the novel The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, a time viewer of this kind was used to reassess all mankinds’ religious beliefs. I note that this possibility is not excluded in the OP, and I think such a capability would change the world profoundly. But that’s my scepticism talking again.
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Me too for: The Rite Of Spring premier riot, camera on the audience.
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J.S. Bach performing on the organ. If he’s taking requests from the congregation (or the magic camera from the future), the “Great” Fugue in G minor.
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The Missoula Flood, aerial video.
The creation of Meteor Crater in Arizona; The Johnstown flood; The molasses flood of 1919 (it wasn’t slow that January);
Probably the Tulsa massacre. It’s such an incredibly important moment in American history, and yet that massacre and a series of similar massacres that took place across America that summer in prosperous black communities, are largely unknown today.
Watch the Director’s Cut of The Current War. I think you’ll enjoy it. Great film.
That makes me want to see the Mountain Meadows Massacre (1857). I don’t like the thought of watching innocent people die. I’d like to know what the LDS people were thinking when they slaughtered 120-150 non-LDS after the non-LDS had surrendered their weapons.
The Tulsa massacre became better known after it was featured in the first episode of the 2019 HBO limited series Watchmen.
Also featured in Lovecraft Country. The fact that one of our political parties wants to make it illegal to teach school kids about it, means it needs to be taught widely.