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FILM Archives Fun
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 Did We Say 'Any'?
Our slogan may read "Any Shot, Any Time, Any
Way," but occasionally even we get stopped in our
diligent research tracks by news footage inquiries
that are a little, well, far fetched. Herewith, we
present --
FILM Archives' Top 10 Most
Requested Shots
That Simply Don't
Exist!
10. From the world of heavyweight boxing: Cassius
Clay versus Mohammed Ali (he is one and the same
sports personality).
9. Civil War footage (there were no film cameras in
1865; the first movie cameras appeared around
1898).
8. Audiences wearing 3D glasses in 1950s movie
theaters (to the best of our knowledge only still
photos of this scene exist).
7. An angry (former Soviet Premier) Nikita
Khrushchev at a United Nations conference in the
early 1960s slamming his shoe on the desk in front
of him to make his point (the actual footage shows
him banging his fist—the cameras may not have
captured the shoe slam, if indeed there was one.)
6. Footage of Abraham Lincoln's assassination (see
number 9).
5. Eliot Ness arresting Al Capone (Ness never
arrested Capone).
4. 1912 Titanic disaster footage in the North
Atlantic (there are only re-creations).
3. Workers constructing the Brooklyn Bridge (that
was in the late 1800s—before motion picture
cameras came on the scene).
2. Any 20th Century U.S. President appearing with
his mistress in the same shot, such as JFK and
Marilyn Monroe (it never happened--except for
Clinton with Lewinsky).
1. Real UFOs landing (trust us—there are neither
ships from other worlds nor little green men
anywhere in the news archives).
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