Interesting that this video is flipped just like the one on youtube, and it 
makes me wonder who copied from whom, or if they share a common flawed 
source. I'm used to seeing flipped negatives on photos printed from glass 
plate negatives or modern repros, but I wonder how often an entire video of 
that vintage has been flipped. It's no big deal that somebody messed up on 
youtube, but too bad the Smithsonian got sloppy. They should fix it just to 
be historically accurate, if they really give a hoot. In truth, Twain was 
holding the cigar in his left hand not his right, and he was walking around 
from the "cellar side" of Stormfield rather than the "loggia side." This 
flipped film makes him appear left-handed since he's holding the cigar in 
his right hand, and of course misrepresents the architecture of Stormfield. 
G-r-r-r-r-r...

Kevin
@
Mac Donnell Rare Books
9307 Glenlake Drive
Austin TX 78730
512-345-4139
Member: ABAA, ILAB
*************************
You may browse our books at
www.macdonnellrarebooks.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Verhulst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 6:38 PM
Subject: The only known MT film footage


> I've seen this before - we probably all have. But, I just ran across it
> again and thought is was worth posting.
>
> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/The-Only-Footage-of-Mark-Twain-in-Existence.html
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> -----
> No virus found in this message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6649 - Release Date: 09/09/13
>