[4k, 50fps, colorized] (1907) The disturbing story of the dancing pig. Le Cochon Danseur.

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[@mimimonster]

That’s actually a pretty impressive costume for 1907. Most mascots don’t look much better in modern times.

[@vaderetro264]

Do some look better? Haven't seen any.

[@flavio5046]

I thought the same. This structure inside the head to move the eyes and mouth are rare to see. I only saw them with disney characters. It's very expensive.

[@flavio5046]

@@vaderetro264 The most expesive ones do look a bit more polished. The facial expression at least. Everything depends on the character design. Each one has it's difficulty to make. I bet they couldn't do a great Iron Man or Buzzlightear costume.

[@thedon22z]

I was thinking the same thing..lol👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

[@brandondenver4331]

Probably because they used actual animal skin to make this instead of plastic.

[@deanokken8960]

The pig costume has moving ears, moving eyes, independently moving eyelids, a laughing face, a moving mouth, a moving nose and a moving tongue. All controlled by either the right or left hand. How this actor is able to shift between everything and really bring the pig to live is amazing. This is very much ahead of its time.

[@MadStyle1911]

I would love to see someone try recreate this as they did it back then..

[@GoofballLtG]

That’s what was impressing me too. I bet Jim Hensen would have been impressed.

[@James-ip1tc]

@@GoofballLtG This is where all those ideas came from.

[@indygeo4267]

I wonder what has since become of the pig costume.

[@Nightingale1000]

Very ahead of its time for 1907, so impressive!

[@EC-mg4gb]

The fact this footage was made a couple of years before the Titanic disaster and WW1 is incredible. KZbin truly is the closest we have to a time machine

[@Kalle72]

5:09 - at this point the film is over, and what we are seeing is the equivalent of the "behind the scenes" materials of today. They were very proud of those "animatronics"!

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

I need this pig for my son's birthday party. Shouldn't traumatize him at all.

[@wabbittwacks3173]

🤣

[@PlanetImo]

Especially not the tongue and rolling eyes!

[@fujimoto1811]

First Barney Show. !!!

[@22ergie]

@@PlanetImo ...and those teeth!

[@yonathanasefaw9001]

Lol you're kidding right?

[@gothic2fans233]

I'm actually surprised no one interpreted it as the girl humiliating the pig and the pig eating her as revenge. Hence why the final time the pig comes out It's holding It's belly, and it seems heavier than before, and why It's laughing menacingly.

[@elderjose9662]

This movie was inspired by a famous theatral valdeville segment and in the original show the pig was abandoned by the woman and became crazy because of that this is the actual ending meaning

[@marianasobrenome3316]

@@elderjose9662 what is the name of the play?

[@elderjose9662]

@@marianasobrenome3316 the same as the movie

[@lairdofpawblins]

The whole time I kept thinking "is the pig gonna eat the woman?" Like, knowing what pigs can do, and seeing the sharp teeth and the tongue, that's all I could think of. lol

[@TikkaNatsu]

@@elderjose9662 you got a link? I can't find the play anywhere

[@homebaked1731]

Aside from that really creepy ending, I honestly find the pig pretty adorable

[@queefcheif9306]

i think the end was just to show off the movements the costume could do

[@atlasg2402]

It wasn’t creepy weakling

[@WavaArren]

⁠@@queefcheif9306that’s what I was thinking remembering the year but I agree with the first comment he was cute

[@taliagmail.com2005]

its creepier than roblox piggy 😭

[@atlasg2402]

Y’all got some glassjaws 😂

[@user-mw1tt5mm9q]

Fabulous work for the day. Whoever played the pig was a master of the stage. Really impressive work to get the pig so lifelike

[@Thenameless1]

You know, I could be wrong or misremembering things, but don't pigs have dull teeth?

[@user-mw1tt5mm9q]

@@Thenameless1 they have healthy strong incisors that i do know. Heavy and strong animals, a formidable force. They are cannibalistic to a certain degree, they will bite each others tails off if deficient in certain minerals.

[@Thenameless1]

Oh shit I didn't realize this was posted as a reply, I thought it was posted as a standalone comment. Still though, thanks for the insight.

[@oldschoolsolarpower8077]

That costume is EXTREMELY impressive for 1907. I mean, even decades later when Disneyland first opened, those mascot costumes absolutely paled in comparison.

[@annieskywalker9290]

Really impressive considering the closest things to come decades latter were the costume Muppets like Big Bird or Sweetums

[@perry92964]

why do people think that in 1907 we lived in a dark age? there were many impressive costumes being made for 100's of years before this, theater isnt new at this time

[@Blissblizzard]

@@perry92964 "Ahead of its time" so funny.

[@deniseb.4656]

This is supposed to be a special effect for a movie and not a "mascot for kids". You could compare it to robots or CGI. Also: Please stop comparing everything with the USA. It was pretty much of its time for European/French standards.

[@oldschoolsolarpower8077]

Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers. It's just that in my own personal experience, one does not expect to see something of this caliber from so long ago. Obviously, I have a limited perspective as an American with little theatrical exposure. In America, I think many people see something like this and compare it to mascot costumes because of their cultural fame. I would be interested in seeing more examples of work like this if anyone has any recommendations.

[@maestro-zq8gu]

I love how they just had to swap out boring old pigs teeth for razer sharp monster teeth.

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

razer

[@rodrigocoockiemonster4460]

Pigs in farms have their fangs cut, so it's not really that far away from reality

[@CheatsythePimp2]

I think they used wolf or dog teeth for those chompers?

[@godisdeadandwememedhim4174]

Pigs dentature looks exactly like this

[@1D991]

Pigs have fangs (tusks, rather)

[@cranberriesdoodle1450]

1907, the wright brothers were still figuring out flight, 2 years before the titanic began construction, no world wars yet, 20 some years before the stock market crash, people that fought in the civil war saw this, Lincoln wasn't even on the penny yet, no one had been to the north pole, no automobiles yet, I could go on but suffice to say the world as we know it did not exist yet so it's nice that things like this have been preserved and put out for the world to see, thank you for posting.

[@eduardojorge7799]

It was Santos Dumound who discovered it and not the Wright brothers

[@cranberriesdoodle1450]

@@eduardojorge7799 read comment, I didn't say they did.

[@Caramelo929]

​@@eduardojorge7799Santos Dumont did invent the airplane, but with his own propulsion, and he was also one of the pioneers in the invention of the airplane that we know, words from Brazil

[@kensims4086]

Some people had automobiles.

[@artic9514]

⁠@@eduardojorge7799 absolute lie the wright brothers did invent aviation. Do a deep dive into their work on adverse yaw in their note books. You will see how far ahead they were

[@shantitakemoto1058]

I like it, the pig is cartoonish but has these realistic touches, like the hair on its head and the ears and the stitching on the skin..I like that it’s not all smoothed over like a Disney character or mascot..also the girl is such a great dancer and her costume and the “set” are so charming

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

But seriously, that pig costume was amazingly detailed with things like the hair and teeth. But the extremely refined articulation of the eyes, tongue, mouth and full facial expressions- was simply INCREDIBLE!!😱

[@breakingames7772]

Does the guy pull his hands back in to manipulate it?

[@cooperwhite2732]

@@breakingames7772 it looks like it, when something is moving on the head one of the arms is staying still

[@PocketRowlette]

You can see a sort of lump in the throat when the tongue comes out, probably the actor's hand and/or elbow. It's cool and all, but...that must be really cramped and require some quick working.

[@h0wltena]

the tongue is fcking terrifying

[@breakingames7772]

@@h0wltena so is mine, soon as girls see it they know the bed sheets will be soaked and need to be changed

[@luthiengs]

Everyone's talking about the pig, but DANG! At 3:36-can we talk about how this girl's moves were ON FIRE!!!

[@blurryflag6466]

yes we can!

[@japanfanatic1415]

Only the French could accomplish that!

[@SandiegoChapo]

My thoughts exactly 😆💯

[@user-ri4vm7eb7e]

damn she gettin it!

[@spmoran4703]

She is a fine dancer.

[@brianwalters7855]

And people say special effects in movies nowadays are awesome? Look at this. This is in 1907. This is more than 100 years old, and it's one of the most visually impressive movies I've ever seen. The best part is everything you see is actually right there in front of you. There's no CGI, or anything like that. It's all natural. Even though it's a little strange, I think "The Dancing Pig" is a great silent film.

[@Michael-ww9zt]

CGI can be good stop with practical vs cgi debate both have there place

[@Krullmatic]

This is so hauntingly majestic!! That pig costume rivals anything that Jim Henson ever came up with. The redhead was so beautiful as well!

[@anthonycrnkovich5241]

My impressions as well.

[@cuckoobrain7999]

I wouldn't go that far but it's definitely super impressive

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

No. No it doesn't.

[@thischannelwillselfdestruc4977]

Literally one of the weirdest things Ive sat through. But it's interesting, it shows 114 year old animatronics. Whilst creepy, it's wonderful to see something so old.

[@wareforcoin5780]

I suppose you could consider movable masks as the early precursor to animatronics.

[@Justicesfor]

Yes! And we do the same today- A dancing purple dinosaur named Barney and Tellitobbis. But this is kind of creepy lol

[@effekt4]

This is puppetry, not animatronics

[@Justicesfor]

@@effekt4 wires for animatronics and strings for puppetry. Ok Mr. Perfect. I’m jk lol that’s a good point tbh you’re right

[@johnnymnemonic69]

Its a guy in a suit

[@itsjuliescottyay]

The actor or actress in the pig costume had amazing coordination considering how big and bulky it was. I have enough trouble dancing in heels sometimes, so respect!

[@user-xz7kt2cn3x]

На шее карлик который руководит мимикой

[@craftpaint1644]

Actor is an all gender noun like Doctor, an actress told me 🤞👩‍🔧🇺🇲🛠️🇷🇺

[@dashoverton1963]

Actor. I’m sure it was a man in there. Only a man would have the strength to hold up and maneuver that heavy costume.

[@alvarobelardinucci25]

In that time only men were allowed to perform in theater, 100% the girl is an actor dressed, or my school is wrong.

[@itsjuliescottyay]

@@alvarobelardinucci25 By 1907 there were a ton of women playing in the theaters. That’s been really since the mid 1800s.

[@badjemima]

If this is really from 1907 then the way it has been modernised is stunning.

[@Omega-Vaati]

French talent

[@StormChasingNinja]

I still find it crazy this world doesn’t even exist anymore. I always wonder when I see there’s videos what their daily lives were like from their point of view

[@paolabueso]

Wow! The pig costume is outstanding. The facial expressions achieved are very impressive. Thank you for sharing this!

[@eedesign878]

Thanks for the kind words Paola, br the Pig

[@paolabueso]

@@eedesign878 😄🙌

[@TheGreatResist]

Way more convincing than today's cg.

[@welhynole4082]

Yea the dancing is god awful and multiple mess ups

[@lachlanmacfarlane8604]

wait what i totally feel like this footage has been filled in with with ai cgi shit and part of that is face learning and theres not an archive of giant humanoid pig puppets so, especially during the final closeup, it flashes between peopley facial features. like the throat oh wait no fuck no im wrong its full puppet that last bit is just stationary costume free hands and the dudes mad skilled at doing puppetry all good guys peace we did it xx still the fucking weirdest thing ive ever seen, night x

[@FlawedCoil82]

The sharp teeth make it look more menacing. Also the way it rapidly rolls its eyes like it’s possessed around 3:50 right after the freaky tongue came flailing out of its jaws is what made it extra creepy. Plus at the end when they are showing all the functions it can do, it rolls its eyes back in its head, making it look dead. I mean dont get me wrong, it was indeed a very impressive costume for the time period, but that doesn’t change the more disturbing looking aspects.

[@A_ndrea]

Nightmares for me tonight 😵‍💫

[@fgjjdgb3949]

You have correctly described all my thoughts on this matter. I'm shaking your hand.

[@marissawolff8491]

Why does the pig have teeth, anyway?

[@MPbmfm]

That pig is a dirty old pig... Do I need to write more? (also if you've ever seen a boar then you know that face)

[@Zbfromthesouth]

Noticed how it winked 2-3 times before it became possessed…

[@supervike1]

Still better than anything on Netflix.

[@soldmycatforheroin]

A depicted analogy on the circle of abuse. The monstrosity abuses the girl into a relationship with it. Abused girl becomes abuser by humiliating the monstrosity. The monstrosity once again abuses the girl by eating her, setting and end to what itself started. Oh how times didn‘t change since 1907…

[@MatthewChenault]

For a costume made in 1907, it has an impressive range of motion. Mind you, everything within that suit has to be manipulated by hand. There wasn’t any of the special hydraulic or electric systems used in modern suits when this was made. As for it looking “creepy,” that was a part of the intention of suit. After all, it’s meant to be a pig and pigs aren’t known for being “beautiful” creatures. Within the context of the film, this element is further expanded upon by showing the pig in question trying to impress a woman, but coming off as, well, a _pig_ in the process.

[@alyssajones4368]

I agree.

[@Shcreamingreen]

"For a costume made in 1907"? Do you really think we have any better things now except in medicine and electronics?

[@MaskedMan66]

Great costumes have been created by human beings since time immemorial.

[@metaknight115]

I think the pig ate the woman, which is why he comes out wearing her clothes and holding his belly

[@MaskedMan66]

@@metaknight115 That certainly seems logical.

[@Joke_Bidumb]

Furries back then put way more effort into their furskins.

[@Izumisensei2004]

😂😂😂😂

[@langyd4518]

😆😆😆😆this video was even scarier than Joke Bidumb

[@hman0121]

Lol, Furies were respected as members of society back then

[@manfurt47]

Listen folks, heres the deal - Furnaces back then were literally made by real harpists, no no artists, todays its just transjengas! Im serious, thats not a joke!

[@Joke_Bidumb]

@@manfurt47 That's is it's not the y'know what the thing. C'mon man.

[@tysonjacobs4841]

What I love about these remasters is that it reduces the remove between us and these times that unnatural motion and absent color creates.

[@jorgeromero5532]

I don't find anything disturbing here...I just find here a way huge creativity and marvelous how the pig costume was made, all a master piece...like a way perfect mix of costume and animatronics for that year 1907!!!! Also the dancing pig motivates lots of empathy and sympathy!!

[@JamesBiggar]

The pig ate the woman, evidenced by it going loopy with rolling eyes and a wagging tongue before leaving the stage with her and coming back alone, shamefully rubbing a much more swollen belly (yes, pigs have and will eat humans). Kind of interesting how you missed (or overlooked) that, though.

[@CampingforCool41]

That pig costume is actually probably one of the least creepy animal costumes I’ve seen from that era. It looks like something you could see in a modern play. The facial control is really impressive too

[@coreym162]

I agree!

[@p0llenp0ny]

To each his own.. that shit is nightmare fuel

[@evenhartwick4422]

i don't know they probably should have left out the sharp teeth. its a pretty good costume overall, especially for the time but those sharp teeth are freaky af like what were they thinking lol is this supposed to be a pig or a wild boar?

[@CampingforCool41]

@@evenhartwick4422 farm pigs have sharp teeth/small tusks actually. You just usually don’t see them.

[@desertweasel6965]

The damn thing has shark teeth!!

[@Edgaros]

It is amazing how this guy in a pig costume in 1907 manages to convey more feeling than half of the modern actors combined...

[@efrem1]

This must be a lost art. We can only approximate these moves in our modern costumes.

[@pl3459]

Joaquin Phoenix and Ryan Gosling carrying the film industry on their shoulders.

[@scotsman6712]

if only tom cruise could act as well

[@thewitbew6042]

Oldhead

[@dan5660]

LMAO!!

[@EridanusYT]

I think there's two people inside that costume! most likely one standing normally and the other is hanging on his back controlling the eyes and ears etc.

[@otemporizador3550]

just one, it changes his arm position to the pigs head when controling facial expressions

[@Ogsonofgroo]

Man I love old celluloid from the early days of film, such imaginations, so sad that so much has been lost and its always a treat for me to see found and restored footage, and frankly some of it is pretty bizarre. Thank you OP for posting this gem!

[@Chrom4Prez]

I'm so impressed by the range of emotions the costume was able to display, that was uncanny at times, too real

[@lawr5764]

Right in the middle of the "uncanny valley".

[@starryeyedtarot8876]

@@lawr5764 Damn-- you beat me.

[@adankmeme651]

@@gaz3 shut up

[@michaelguerrieri3486]

​@@starryeyedtarot8876 I based the pig character on for my short film birds and the bees.

[@nicoleymacaroni]

If u haven’t noticed. Society goes downhill every decade. Things are made cheaper with higher price. People are dumber every year. You’ve been lied to about cavemen they never existed, your the cavemen.

[@alexcasi1151]

The 50 fps interpolation adds to the unnerving feeling of it all.

[@LOL-2-cringe]

- that’s actually a pretty impressive costume for 1907. - most mascots don’t look much better in modern times.

[@froghaven]

3:23 Sorry for the immaturity but IS THAT PIG HITTING THE GRIDDY?!?

[@doominickjackson5359]

Man, CaseOh be wildin on the dance floor

[@Keeby256]

Nah, that pig predicted the griddy

[@flavio5046]

This pig costume is very well done. It must be really heavy too

[@JazzFunk22]

🐷👍🐖

[@1D991]

All wool, likely a steel or whalebone frame (much like a bustle, I'd guess). Thing probably weighed a tonne

[@daayamartinez9900]

@@1D991 coool

[@Nick131081]

05:13 is just pure nightmare material. Reminds me of the day in my childhood when I first saw Johann Heinrich Füssli's painting "Nachtmahr" with the creapy horse. I couldn't sleep right for quite some time :D

[@shion3948]

Wtf why does it have these teeth and a tongue

[@kylealvarez7641]

@@shion3948 why, for eating and tasting of course

[@jordanhedington2421]

Do you reckon Johann Heinrich Füssli experienced sleep paralysis? The painting depicts very common descriptions of sleep paralysis

[@Nick131081]

@@jordanhedington2421 I don't know. I'm sadly not very educated in either subject. I do have my own "empirical" data though, since I've experienced sleep paralysis myself. It has occured to me only in a combination of terror and fear (2 exceptions), sometimes things I've never been able to forget from my earliest childhood. However it becomes more rare the older I get (~1/year) but the description fits me like a glove (sorry for my English).

[@DogmenHardcastle]

@@shion3948 Also WHAT is the tongue? It looks like a dick.

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

What a classic! So far ahead of its time, everything about this is just so impressive. Thanks for sharing this-

[@djo-dji6018]

It's not ahead of its time, you are simply unaware of how skilled people were in those years.

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

@@djo-dji6018 Thanks so much for the uplifting comment, you really made my day. I’m glad that my complimenting an old film inspired you to reach out with some kind words, especially since I’m obviously not as knowledgeable as you.

[@facuesperguin2577]

Plot twist: It's not a costume.

[@AnimatedTechie]

Interesting sense of humor they had back then

[@oocloudoo1549]

Just wait 100 years I guarantee you people are going to look back at our memes and Tik Tok’s and think we’re weird as hell haha.

[@troy4298]

@Legion agreed lol

[@AnimatedTechie]

@Legion I wasn’t really referring to the slap stick humor but more of how the tongue moves out of the pigs mouth and eyes roll in the back of it’s head. I don’t really find it crude just a bit odd.

[@absalondebarvac3715]

@@AnimatedTechie don't quote me on this, but I think that in the back of my head I have a couple of memories of seeing pictures of people from around this era making that kind of face, so I would assume it was a trademark "funny face"

[@londonwestman1]

I'm not so sure this is even meant to be funny. It has something of the threat of wolf in Little Red Riding Hood to it.

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

David Lynch: "Uh, this is a little too creepy for me."

[@patrickball2493]

You could not beat his Film erasure head for being so unsettling weird and creepy .

[@Jimmy-sb3fc]

@@patrickball2493 Eraserhead was the creepiest movie ever. I saw it in my late teens, and now in my mid 50's it still creeps me out when I think of it... Especially the girl dancing on the stage!

[@sabrinasjourney]

In heaven everything is fiiine...

[@godisdeadandwememedhim4174]

Have you ever seen the black lodge sequence in the return ? Rabbits? The fucking fetus in Eraserhead ?

[@craftpaint1644]

@@godisdeadandwememedhim4174 I'd rather watch Erasure Head than Butterfly 🦋 Effect any day 😬

[@vandarkholme8548]

I like to think that this is technically the earliest depiction of what is now known as a furry

[@LikBatonBoot]

Thanks for sharing, surely countless hours have been spent restoring/colorizing this clip.

[@panqueque445]

That pig costume would be great for Halloween. That tongue is going to give people some nightmares.

[@tr1084]

So true.

[@benpolgardy9062]

@@tr1084 you guys have the same profile pic, lol!

[@gamebriz4163]

For the time period that costume is amazing, better than some you see today....

[@monsterhandlerthwok4693]

Thank you so much! I need this for a series im working on this is perfect for their performance tonight!

[@reneecarter6702]

This is absolutely gorgeous and whimsical. I’m amazed at the quality and articulation of the costume.

[@baroqueguitarist5673]

I can't imagine the hell the person in the pig suit is going through back when suits were made with such "quality". No doubt very thick with ventilation not a concern when designing it.. only looking life like was probably the priority. Add in no air conditioners or heating invented yet and likely having to rehearse this several times in a row a day for hours straight. And hoping unlike the makeup in the wizard of oz the costume wasn't made of an unknown hazardous material in the paint like lead or absestos used in the outfit that would catch up to the performer later in life. Whoever was in that suit... I can only begin to appreciate all you went through to make this. Glad this video survived. Bravo

[@papi9305]

well there is a sizable hole in the top of the head. The pig's top hat accidentally falls to the side and reveals it a bit before it wears the female costume. Maybe the hole has another use, but it is at least a little bit of ventilation.

[@FantadiRienzo]

Dude, the guy in the suit didn't give a crap about your concerns and he was fine with it. People today are just so soft, weak and pathetic.

[@lightdark00]

I wonder if they had some sort of ice vest that helped with overheating.

[@rustyshackleford126]

@@FantadiRienzo Seeing as people whined about the temperatute in WWI (rightfully so) and temperature in knights outfits before, your argument that people did not complain about such things is invalid. You just aren't exposed to enough literature of the past. That's why you have this bullshit preconception that people of the past were stoic workaholics.

[@FantadiRienzo]

@@rustyshackleford126 Ok, then tell me in what literature from WW1 they "whine" about the temperature. Btw, your accusation of me being "not exposed to enough literature from the past" hit exactly the wrong person. I am a collector of memoirs and soldier's diaries. Post a list of "literature from the past" you read in the last month and I'll post mine.

[@MatthewHendersonn]

I doubt these actors ever thought their audience wound extend a hundred years into the future, viewed from a space-age moving picture contraption.

[@manchesterexplorer8519]

What's crazy is most of the things we film today is on digital and not film . What would happen if the internet would go poof or if hard drives don't last 100+ years . This makes me want to start recording things on film so future generations can find it . All it would take is a small solar flare from the sun to wipe out all digital media while everything on film would still exist .

[@straker454]

That pig suit would have been impressive for Jim Henson. This suit being from 1907 is just astounding!

[@PPikes]

I love this pig 😂 firstly because it's so old it's like time traveling but also because it's done with so much handmade artistry. That alluring creepy factor of the almost human like features is irresistible to me kinda like animatronics 😍

[@lifeisnice23]

Man, this is creepy, funny and disturbing at the same time...

[@Mr_x_19922]

The fact that is ancient (edwardian times) makes it even more eerie

[@emilatik8581]

Totally what I thought as well..Geez and lol at the same time...🤷🙄😅😙🙃👌👍✌️🤘🤟💎🌈

[@gersonperez3781]

115 years before this film, Mozart was writing his last master piece, the Requiem. 115 years after this film, here we are, you and I watching this short film on a little box we call out cell phones. Amazing.

[@user-jq5iu8wi5r]

Ни чего удивительного, вы просто деградировали.

[@marblemadness8870]

I'm not watching this on a cell phone...

[@picklerick5475]

I'm watching this on a bigass TV but hey, you do you! :)

[@satch4684]

im watching this on PC, never assume my device again🤯😡🦵

[@stereotypespecialist]

Thank you for explaining how math works.

[@mkl62]

Thanks for posting. November 13, 1907. The day that my paternal grandmother turned 21. And this was her first birthday as a newlywed bride, as she and my paternal grandfather tied the knot in March.

[@TrueEnergizerBunnies]

I would love to know more about that costume and the mechanics inside of it. Its very impressive how much emotion they can put in the face. It looks uncannily lifelike. And to think this was made almost 120 years ago

[@JamesHawkeYouTube]

Possibly the creepiest pig I have ever seen. So well done and quite mysterious.

[@JorellCanuel]

My grandfather was born 1919 and grandmother 1921. It's so lovely seeing what life was before he was born. How advanced the pig costume was considering the time this was made. These actors and the person cleaning up the mess brought back to life. Looks so happy!

[@dianaessex326]

My paternal grandfather was born in 1889 and my grandmother was born in 1897

[@jr2904]

My great grandparents on my mother's side were born in 1917 and 1918. It's crazy to think of all the things that happened and that were invented in their lifetime, my great grandfather at least. He made it to 2007, and I recently lost my grandfather, his son, as well. They were great men, different from many of us today.

[@IhaveMy0pinion]

No distracting tech back then.

[@paulwolffart1251]

My maternal grandparents were both born in 1901 and paternal in 1914 and 1919. I wish I could chat with them all now but the last one died back in 2007.

[@tuelindgren6465]

"The top hat has come off and we can see the massive hole in the pigs head, should we take a few minutes and reshoot this scene? - naaaah...."

[@innovator90]

Is this really 1907?!😧 It’s amazing how good the pig costume looks, and the crisp video show a lot of details. If this is what restoration can do to an old film, I would love to see a restoration version of Metropolis or Nosferatu.

[@wannabedrewafualo]

I can’t stop watching. It’s like one of those cursed images or videos you find on Reddit by accident, only instead of being repulsed & immediately looking away, you’re glued to the screen for nearly six minutes.

[@manumanu8030]

Have you ever seen the dancing pig director's cut? the ending is better

[@vortexchaos70]

5:07 that is absolutely terrifying. And very well done for 1907.

[@michaeledwards190]

This is sick

[@SorraK9]

I can roll my eyes like that 5:17

[@puglydoodle]

I think he ate the woman. He's dressed up as a man and licking his chops.

[@graysonwells21]

@@puglydoodle the end bit wasn’t part of the play, it’s just a showcase of the range of expressions the face can pull off

[@woolncathairs]

@@puglydoodleRight, check out 3:09 when he tries to get a little taste of her.

[@pumpkinpatch5]

I really wish this costume still existed today, locked in some attic somewhere.

[@rEdf196]

The old footage looks digitally doctored to look like a later Ampex 2 inch quad video tape recording from the early 1960's. quite cool and fascinating.

[@Scrinwaipwr]

The facial expressions on the pig costume are amazing. The moving eyes and snarling lips. This was in 1907 without our modern animatronics and remote controls. The dancer in the costume has to do it all themselves manually (hence the arms and face rarely move at the same time.) The puppeteering is as impressive as the technology. Yeah the pig looks creepy and uncanny valley - especially with those human like eyes - but that's not a bad thing at all.

[@Corgipon]

It’s even more expressive than Disney’s articulated mascots, which still do the same two functions after 18 years: blink and move their mouths.

[@TheDizzyDan]

Holy crap imagine finding this costume 100+ years later... That's some traumatizing horror movie material right there!

[@davidetienne9404]

I have wondered for a long time if this still exists, and where it might be.

[@Catinkontti]

@@davidetienne9404 I think that it has been decayed or destructed. This was made in before the wars in France so there has been some higher priorities for people than to take care some theatre props.

[@dougfisher1813]

What if the guy is still in it.

[@AS-tw4yu]

@@Catinkontti probably some soldiers found it haha

[@Mr.Obongo]

@@davidetienne9404 buried with hitler’s remains

[@InvaderGIR98]

I'm stuck between awe at the costumes puppetry and deeply, deeply unsettled

[@RosinDaddy5280]

4 years from now and this video will be exactly 100 years ago Pretty crazy to think about

[@helpme.2996]

The video is 117 years ago When it was 2007 it was exactly 100 years ago

[@chrisms_96]

It's amazing that this pig costume from 1907 absolutely blows all of Disneyland's opening day character costumes out of the water

[@BennyTygohome]

Very interesting. I like to think what became of the people in these old films and what their life was like near the end when they passed away and think on their accomplishments.

[@handyman4192]

That's life its fascinating.

[@Rice_Wolf]

Learning fursuit maker who also happens to be a fan of unsettling stuff here. This costume simply is just so fantastic! The way everything moves and works is so fascinating to me, it’s simply just that cool. Combined with the eeriness of the video (i’m not entirely sure if that’s what it’s intention was) makes it so much cooler to me. Every detail of this is just a work of art I absolutely adore it!

[@me-yg1lz]

The story of the play as I saw it was...The pig was happy doing his own thing, and then when the girl 'who represents her culture' realised how much money they could make from them, enslaved and used them for meat. That is until they fell sick, and their business came crumbling down. And the pig was having the last laugh, knowing that they can't be used anymore. That's what I got from that play.

[@canyonnephrite]

the pig ate her

[@nickmandleberg]

The restoration work is absolutely incredible! It really is like a time machine. Would love to see more early films/plays. Thank you

[@Chris-mt4yq]

Isn't this the earliest color footage of a politician in American history? Groundbreaking stuff

[@aganica]

seems like the original cause for MeToo

[@treshashelton5674]

Oh my gosh! You’re absolutely profound! I can’t believe I didn’t figure it out right off.

[@Dew2Much]

Lmaoooo

[@eldenlordBR]

From: nightmare fuel To: cute piggy pet

[@flannerymonaghan-morris4825]

This feels like something out of a David Lynch movie…

[@takerutakaishi4361]

Colorize the last Tasmanian Tiger

[@leodefine86]

The guy operating the pig animatronic and the costume creators would win an Academy Award if such a thing existed at that time, outstanding!

[@montananerd8244]

That’s a person inside a costume

[@MarvinHartmann452]

Lol, there was no such thing as animatronic in 1907. There was no Internet either, just in case you didn't know.

[@Omega-Vaati]

French talent

[@majordannan2828]

Fascinating to see this. Amazing puppeteering skills

[@candyDander]

There's just something about watching old films at the correct speed. The become more relatable in a way. Not so far ago and otherworldly.

[@hippieduck]

They're really not holding back on flexing the costume's... abilities.

[@tempemm]

I wonder if people back then thought this was creepy

[@tibchy144]

back then it was normal to have post mortem photos of dead relatives on the walls, this wasn't creepy at all

[@luke9947]

@@tibchy144 yes i’ve heard that sometimes they made the dead family member look alive for a family picture. I’m not sure, i’m going to check for the sources.

[@tibchy144]

@@luke9947 it's on youtube

[@Lucas_Tulic]

@@luke9947 That was a proper bussiness back in the day. I've seen many photos in which the dead person looked more alive than his/her relatives around him/her. That's creepy af!

[@heru-deshet359]

Anything that was a "Moving Picture" was entertainment back then no matter how bizarre the subject and this was pretty bizarre.

[@king_tutankhamun]

the use of george macdowell’s second piano concerto here really gives this an ominous tone, whereas a more lighthearted piece would’ve completely changed how this feels.

[@normancowal8269]

TRANS IN 1907

[@almostatami]

Usually I get creeped out pretty bad by mascots and the like but I was so focused on the sad story it never crossed my mind. The close up shot at the end really showed how impressive the pig costume was. Plus I'm always moved by films from the distant past. All the people involved with this are gone now.

[@RiceStranger]

I feel so identified with your two last sentences. I really would like to go back then and to live at least one year in that epoch (obviously with a good economic situation, otherwise, no thanks!)

[@auggie803]

@@RiceStranger -This sounds like a Twilight Zone episode.

[@RiceStranger]

@@auggie803 Sorry, I don't know the series

[@lawr5764]

@@RiceStranger It was a sci-fi show with completely unrelated stories each week. (late 1950s) You've no doubt seen it referred to in various TV & film. Here's a couple examples. I used all caps to indicate the episode titles: Guy with thick glasses just wants to have TIME ENOUGH TO READ. This gets him in trouble with his wife and his job. On his lunch break, at the bank where he works, he goes into the open vault to read. Nuclear holocaust happens! He comes out from the vault, the only one alive. He's OK with found can goods and stuff, but the loneliness gets to him. On the verge of "self deletion", he discovers the bombed out library. He stacks up all the books, joyful that he now has time enough to read. He drops one of the books. As he bends over to pick it up, his glasses fall from his face, shattering the glass, making reading impossible. Another one: "Benevolent" aliens come to earth to help mankind. Their philosophy is a book translated as, "TO SERVE MAN". Our scientists manage to translate more of the book. Turns out it's a cookbook.

[@RiceStranger]

@@lawr5764 Mmm, sounds as an interesting series. May see it some day. Thanks for the explanation!

[@latt.qcd9221]

Given how short it is, and given the last few seconds of it, I wonder if was simply meant to be a demo of the tech involved in the costume, rather than an actual story, just to show off what it could do.

[@chuggermagic]

Most films of that time were around 5 mins long give or take a few mins. The last few seconds of the film were probably just what you describe. Though the rest of the film has a plot and is based off of an old vaudeville act.

[@craftpaint1644]

This could have been a Nickelodeon I guess, some had racier stuff than this for that Nickel 👩‍💼🇺🇲🛠️🇷🇺

[@MBM1117727]

I think the last few seconds may well have been a screentest, the rest of it is the actual movie (or part of it at least)

[@zaneholland6297]

The first sci fi movie is 15 minutes long.

[@justmejenny7986]

The pig ate the woman in the end.

[@RewskOnTV]

That pig costume was found at a warehouses/storage somewhere off of Melrose Blvd Los Angeles where Hal Roach had some items as well when the costume was removed from it’s wooden trunk it fell apart 🐷

[@user-ru1gx1lh5k]

とても貴重な映像を見せていただき有難うございます。感動しました。

[@olddrunkbastard1825]

I think this piece is about sincerity and appearances (think "putting on airs" in the same sense of putting on clothes). The object of ridicule is not the pig itself, but that he's trying to be something he's not. It's only through a succession of varying roles that he finally starts to piece it together, and realize that he doesn't need to "put on" anything at all - that life must ultimately be faced naked, and afraid

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

Recall Adam and Eve.

[@V0YAG3R]

no

[@liammiller1926]

This is a great analysis of the piece. There's definitely some real life connection to be made here.

[@jamiejoygatto]

Wow. You missed the plot by a million miles.

[@stopforfun9431]

حقيقة العصور. . عندما نستضعف. الشخص ونقوم بلتنمر عليه. في النهاية سيقوم ب التهامنا

[@MrSeksyy]

I am stunned at the quality of this footage. 115 years old film and still an amazingly clear picture that gives us the opportunity to dive into a very distant past. It is actually overwhelming when you consider that probably not so many people saw it back in the days and we today are fortunate to watch it on KZbin. A fascinating and disturbing film at the same time.

[@jimmymcjimmyvich9052]

Can't you read? It's modified.

[@jonc8561]

It's been enhanced with modern AI technology. Pretty awesome actually.

[@phoenixman8569]

they are correct, if this was seen in raw form, obviously it would be in B.W the frame rate would be way off and the footage full of cracks and slices and no sound...

[@beelzemobabbity]

@@jimmymcjimmyvich9052even still there has to be video there to modify, if its all decayed theres nothing to fix

[@TwesomE]

Wow this costume for those years is magnificent and the colorized video remastering with the frames up making it even more impressive! Truth be told this shows greatly how usa was a millennia ahead in cinema! This costume for its time surpasses also the supposedly more modern disney costumes when disney world first open its doors years after this!

[@valentinanderson535]

We have to admmit than that disguise is really impresive to that epoch, specially the faces he does, moving eyes, mouth, nose but the most creepy and sobresalient when shows and move the tong. Genius the filmaker of this film. Impresive disguise even better than disguisses of films of future decades

[@BairMendoza]

I am SO glad that this was captured on camera. What an incredible piece of art and technology and craftsmanship and performance. I am blown away. 🐼💖🐷

[@Pheonix19765]

I wonder where that costume is now. Is it in a museum, landfill, storage or was it burned up and now is completely gone? I would really like to know if that costume is anywhere.

[@manchesterexplorer8519]

If it were to somehow still exist it would likely be unrecognizable and in poor shape unless it was preserved in a museum . More than likely it was used in a theatre show for a few times , fell apart and it's long gone .

[@jordanhedington2421]

Unfortunately the materials that were often used that we still use today in these types of costumes and special fx aren’t built to last and decompose quite quickly. But who knows maybe it was made of a different material, what do you think it looks to be made from?

[@youreshouldoflearntgrammer8277]

What costume?

[@samuelaraujomedeiros6682]

Probably burned up.

[@helenawarsinnak]

WOW!! What an AMAZING costume for 1907!!! It's so fantastic this video survived thru out ALL these years!!!!💜 🐷

[@Grellibe]

This is a fantastic costume. It's so realistic in many ways, but also fantastical. It's like a pig monster. It has moving lips, eyes, ears, nose, and tongue. That's amazing.

[@Chaggy1978]

The scary part is that might not be a costume

[@ohitbe3616]

I've never understood why people would find this disturbing, its charming. I feel bad for the pig, to be honest.

[@sashaconrad3939]

So did I! She humiliated him and I was sad for him.

[@flux3360]

@@sashaconrad3939 same here, unironically wish i was there so i could have hugged him

[@MisstressMourtisha]

Same

[@GeorgeSupremu]

Maybe because 5:08

[@hushfur]

The weird tongue, the teeth, it's just uncanny valley, the costume is disturbing

[@julesgamergourmand]

To see that for a child, especially for the time, must have been terrifying.

[@drengskap]

If this had been made in 2007 instead of 1907, by now we'd be on Dancing Pig 10: Rashers of Revenge