I'd think the OUP would be the place to check. My guess is the film is the Historical Pageant, but the line-up of big names who got honorary degrees was impressive enough to attract attention. I've spent some time looking for Twain in the 1897 Jubilee footage and various film clips on youtube of NYC, ca 1900-1910, without luck. Especially interesting are the clips of people streaming around on the sidewalks on 5th Ave in 1905, but none are wearing white suits or smoking cigars. I've also not found any footage showing his home at 21 5th Ave, or the hotel at the other end of the block. I invite others with better eyes to look at these films. You never know! I have Art Young's original sketch of Twain charging up 5th Ave, his cigar pointing the way, and a letter written by some young woman who saw Twain walking along 5th Ave. She was walking with a friend who elbowed her and pointed out Twain just as he passed by them in the opposite direction. She said he was smaller, thinner, and less jolly-looking than she would have expected and that his mustache was yellowed from smoking. Odd that she saw his face clearly enough to notice his mustache, but did not recognize who he was until her friend nudged her. 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: Barbara Schmidt Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2016 9:03 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: "Mark Twain at the Oxford Pageant" (1907)-- theatrically-released film? The article that Cindy referenced to the _British Trade Journal_, October 1, 1907, p. 377 titled "New Catalogues and Price Lists" is available on google book search and does make reference to the Gaumont company filming various pageants including Oxford and Mark Twain. I think it is likely that such a film was made. YouTube currently includes a number of films from 1897 of Queen Victoria's Jubilee (which Mark Twain attended) and they appear to be filmed from various camera angles. (Picking Clemens out of the crowd in those films would be a supreme challenge.) The fact that footage from 1897 still survives seems to offer hope that footage of the 1907 Oxford pageant may also survive. It does seem unusual that Clemens would make no reference to the filming in his autobiography. Was the film the historical reenactment of British history that he described in his autobiography or the awarding of his honorary degree, or scenes from both? However, another more pertinent question is whether or not the entry for the film on the IMDB website (which shows the company issued hundreds of films) was compiled from a printed catalog or whether it was compiled from some public or private archive of actual footage. Barb