On: Farmer born in 1842 talks about life and change (1929) [video]

[christophilus]

As someone else mentioned, it can be found in the USC (South Carolina) archives[0]. That university has a decent historical library, too. If you’re ever in the area, it’s worth a visit.

[0] https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/MVTN/id/5313/r...

[OJFord → christophilus]

But that's just saying 'trust that someone else did' isn't it? I take the question to be, say USC discovers (thinks it's discovered) a new similar recording, what can it do to verify authenticity.

[bdz → OJFord]

If it's from the US then it was shot on a Kodak nitrate film, they can verify the stock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motion_picture_film_st...