caught on tape
if only welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten spectacular historic events
we wish we had on film
for this list we’re ranking the most
important historical and pre historical
events that either occurred prior to the
invention of moving film or were
otherwise not captured by the medium
where are you going but I want to see it
from the hilltop for the record we’re
not arguing for or against some of the
more controversial events on this list
but simply recognizing their relevance
and how each of them shaped the course
of history
number 10 the extinction of the
dinosaurs
there are many theories as to what
killed off arguably the most impressive
species of creature to ever walk the
earth
was it a giant meteor strike climate
change a lack of sustainable food source
the answer remains one of life’s great
mysteries what killed the dinosaurs is
age despite tons of reputable scientific
research lending credence to some of
these affer mentioned theories while it
would be great to have recorded
documentation of the dinosaurs
extinction imagine how brave and/or
stupid one would have to be to film
these beasts live and in the flesh
braver than us that’s for sure number
nine the creation of the Rita port
crater the history behind this gigantic
crater can be traced back over two
billion years when one of the largest
asteroids to ever strike the Earth’s
surface made impact upon what is now
South Africa the Rita fort crater
possesses a diameter of almost 200 miles
and can be seen from space three towns
are contained within its massive central
dome with Perez offering visitors tours
of the general area even so much of the
original impact made by the meteor has
eroded over time so it would be
astounding to see the caldera in all its
former glory just imagine how fearsome
the original disaster might have been to
anyone unfortunate enough to be caught
in its path
number eight the eruption at Toba and
the aftermath don’t
towba the biggest oil Kanaka option for
the last 25 million years blocked out
the Sun some 60 to 70 thousand years ago
this massive volcanic eruption occurred
in the area of Lake Toba in what is now
the Sumatra region of modern-day
Indonesia for a long time some
scientists theorized that the impact of
this super explosion had a worldwide
effect it was hypothesized that it
brought about what is known as a
volcanic winter a drastic reduction in
global temperature due to the excess of
volcanic ash obscuring the Sun more
recent findings discounted a lot of
these claims but did prove that the
volcanic debris traveled twice as far as
previously thought this dust gets into
water and you have to drink it it can
actually turn the border into poison
Tobi’s eruption was likely an impressive
sight and had it been caught on film we
would have had an even better idea of
its effects
number seven the construction of the
pyramids of Egypt
humanity has constructed a great many
marvelous buildings and structures over
the course of history yet the Great
Pyramids of Egypt remain among the most
impressive the Great Pyramid of Giza is
one of the ancient seven wonders of the
world and the only one to stand
relatively intact despite its age of
over 4,000 years what’s particularly
fascinating about the pyramids however
is their iconic shape the construction
of which likely took between ten and
twenty years to complete this
complicated construction process makes
the Egyptian pyramids some of the most
mysterious structures in the world and
an undertaking we would have loved to
have seen documented on film slaves are
exiting as we speak realize a good
riddance to bad rubbish
okay but who’s gonna build your pyramids
well we could after them number six the
Battle of Waterloo never interrupts your
enemy when he’s making a mistake
that’s Batman is it Napoleon Bonaparte
was one of history’s most celebrated and
successful military minds having
conquered many opposing armies during
his tenure as Emperor in the years
following the French Revolution the
Battle of Waterloo however proved that
not even Napoleon was invincible
on the battlefield water loss donate a
lottery the commissary poppadom motion
almani Claire this complex and
fascinating military campaign resulted
in Bonaparte’s defeat against a combined
Prussian and English offensive the
opposing armies led by precious general
field marshal Blucher and the British
future Duke of Wellington routed
Napoleon on that fateful 18th day of
June 1815 yet Waterloo was by all
accounts a clash between great military
minds of the era a battle that
modern-day historians surely wish had
been preserved for posterity
they were chanyeol like Prometheus to a
rock where the memory of your own
greatness will know you number five the
Carrington event
these storms are basically electrical
storms and they can affect spacecraft
ground power systems the GPS can be
upset this 1859 historic event certainly
was it captured on film however the
potential of it happening again in
humanity’s lifetime makes it feasible
yet hopefully unlikely that we could get
another shot
this massive solar storm is referred to
as the Carrington event after one of the
astronomers who observed the sunspots
and flashes in the sky the event
resulted in heavy electromagnetic damage
to electronic equipment around the world
a similar solar storm disaster today
would be even more severe as so many
aspects of our current society rely upon
electricity a storm of similar size and
magnitude actually came dangerously
close to Earth in 2012 though thankfully
missed impact by a scant nine days we
started looking at the first pictures
and it was almost in focus and as soon
as we focus it it was just beautiful
number four the Battle of Thermopylae
this epic battle between the Persian
Empire and a combined force of Greek
city-state soldiers was famously
dramatized in director Zack Snyder’s
2006 film 300
the film was itself based upon a graphic
novel from Frank Miller and Lynn Varley
which covered the Battle of Thermopylae
one of history’s most famously doomed
final stands against decisive odds old
Leonidas gives testament to our
bloodline his war is long and loud the
battle itself placed a comparatively
small rearguard of 300 Spartans and just
over a thousand fellow Greeks against a
Persian army numbering over 100,000
Sparta’s King Leonidas and his men
boldly held off Persia’s invading Xerxes
the first for as long as they could
before betrayal and insurmountable
numbers doomed the defense to death
if the real thing was anything like 300
it would have been an event made for
film
number three the life and death of Jesus
Christ Father forgive them for they know
not what they do there have been
numerous dramatic depictions of the life
and death of Jesus Christ on the silver
screen from the reverential to the
controversial you die this way you die
like a man you turned against God your
father there’s no sacrifice there’s no
salvation yet for many Christians the
chance to have recorded film of Jesus’s
actual existence is something whose
worth would be indescribable biblical
scholars agree that Jesus existed
historically but there is disagreement
about which aspects of his recorded life
are factual a film record might help to
settle some of these questions both for
Christians and for those from other
religions who are impacted by his
influence the life and death of Jesus
Christ is something that intellectuals
from both religious and secular sectors
find compelling to this day all I’m
saying is the change will happen with
love not with killing he’s the way it’s
dangerous it’s against Rome it’s against
the way the world is number two
the eruption of Vesuvius and destruction
of Pompeii
the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius
in 79 AD is one of the few historic
events on our list with a written
account detailed in the letters of the
man known as plenty the younger the
Roman born lawyer and magistrate wrote
two epistles on the volcano’s eruption
explaining in great detail the ash smoke
and lava which destroyed Pompeii
Herculaneum and many surrounding cities
these letters give incredible details as
to just how disastrous and apocalyptic
the Vesuvius eruption was to anyone
unlucky enough to have been caught in
its path but we still wish we could have
caught a glimpse perhaps we should go
back to barracks or the temple come
before you buy me that drink
look it’s just smoke before we unveil
our top pick here are some honorable
mentions
the same time as the pyramids in Egypt
are under construction workers here
complete the outer circle in Stonehenge
number one the big bag
we know you’re probably thinking how
could anyone have been there to film the
origins of the universe and we know
you’re right but how mind blowing would
it be to have recorded evidence of the
moment when the universe expanded cosmic
density gave way and then BAM existence
as impossible as filming it may have
been such a film record could give us
answers about where we come from how we
got here and where we’re going you know
we’re sitting on 4 million pounds of
fuel one nuclear weapon and a thing that
has 270,000 moving parts they’ll play
the lowest bidder they should feel good
that these things unite us and keep us
moving forward with the Big Bang
representing that moment of fantastic
universal possibility too bad God didn’t
have a camcorder now that’s a prayer
yeah yeah do you agree with our list are
you not entertained
which spectacular historic event do you
wish you could revisit on film
for more insightful top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com this dux things were so
much better back in the garden I’m sure
God will let us return soon
I mean how long can he hold a grudge
if only welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten spectacular historic events
we wish we had on film
for this list we’re ranking the most
important historical and pre historical
events that either occurred prior to the
invention of moving film or were
otherwise not captured by the medium
where are you going but I want to see it
from the hilltop for the record we’re
not arguing for or against some of the
more controversial events on this list
but simply recognizing their relevance
and how each of them shaped the course
of history
number 10 the extinction of the
dinosaurs
there are many theories as to what
killed off arguably the most impressive
species of creature to ever walk the
earth
was it a giant meteor strike climate
change a lack of sustainable food source
the answer remains one of life’s great
mysteries what killed the dinosaurs is
age despite tons of reputable scientific
research lending credence to some of
these affer mentioned theories while it
would be great to have recorded
documentation of the dinosaurs
extinction imagine how brave and/or
stupid one would have to be to film
these beasts live and in the flesh
braver than us that’s for sure number
nine the creation of the Rita port
crater the history behind this gigantic
crater can be traced back over two
billion years when one of the largest
asteroids to ever strike the Earth’s
surface made impact upon what is now
South Africa the Rita fort crater
possesses a diameter of almost 200 miles
and can be seen from space three towns
are contained within its massive central
dome with Perez offering visitors tours
of the general area even so much of the
original impact made by the meteor has
eroded over time so it would be
astounding to see the caldera in all its
former glory just imagine how fearsome
the original disaster might have been to
anyone unfortunate enough to be caught
in its path
number eight the eruption at Toba and
the aftermath don’t
towba the biggest oil Kanaka option for
the last 25 million years blocked out
the Sun some 60 to 70 thousand years ago
this massive volcanic eruption occurred
in the area of Lake Toba in what is now
the Sumatra region of modern-day
Indonesia for a long time some
scientists theorized that the impact of
this super explosion had a worldwide
effect it was hypothesized that it
brought about what is known as a
volcanic winter a drastic reduction in
global temperature due to the excess of
volcanic ash obscuring the Sun more
recent findings discounted a lot of
these claims but did prove that the
volcanic debris traveled twice as far as
previously thought this dust gets into
water and you have to drink it it can
actually turn the border into poison
Tobi’s eruption was likely an impressive
sight and had it been caught on film we
would have had an even better idea of
its effects
number seven the construction of the
pyramids of Egypt
humanity has constructed a great many
marvelous buildings and structures over
the course of history yet the Great
Pyramids of Egypt remain among the most
impressive the Great Pyramid of Giza is
one of the ancient seven wonders of the
world and the only one to stand
relatively intact despite its age of
over 4,000 years what’s particularly
fascinating about the pyramids however
is their iconic shape the construction
of which likely took between ten and
twenty years to complete this
complicated construction process makes
the Egyptian pyramids some of the most
mysterious structures in the world and
an undertaking we would have loved to
have seen documented on film slaves are
exiting as we speak realize a good
riddance to bad rubbish
okay but who’s gonna build your pyramids
well we could after them number six the
Battle of Waterloo never interrupts your
enemy when he’s making a mistake
that’s Batman is it Napoleon Bonaparte
was one of history’s most celebrated and
successful military minds having
conquered many opposing armies during
his tenure as Emperor in the years
following the French Revolution the
Battle of Waterloo however proved that
not even Napoleon was invincible
on the battlefield water loss donate a
lottery the commissary poppadom motion
almani Claire this complex and
fascinating military campaign resulted
in Bonaparte’s defeat against a combined
Prussian and English offensive the
opposing armies led by precious general
field marshal Blucher and the British
future Duke of Wellington routed
Napoleon on that fateful 18th day of
June 1815 yet Waterloo was by all
accounts a clash between great military
minds of the era a battle that
modern-day historians surely wish had
been preserved for posterity
they were chanyeol like Prometheus to a
rock where the memory of your own
greatness will know you number five the
Carrington event
these storms are basically electrical
storms and they can affect spacecraft
ground power systems the GPS can be
upset this 1859 historic event certainly
was it captured on film however the
potential of it happening again in
humanity’s lifetime makes it feasible
yet hopefully unlikely that we could get
another shot
this massive solar storm is referred to
as the Carrington event after one of the
astronomers who observed the sunspots
and flashes in the sky the event
resulted in heavy electromagnetic damage
to electronic equipment around the world
a similar solar storm disaster today
would be even more severe as so many
aspects of our current society rely upon
electricity a storm of similar size and
magnitude actually came dangerously
close to Earth in 2012 though thankfully
missed impact by a scant nine days we
started looking at the first pictures
and it was almost in focus and as soon
as we focus it it was just beautiful
number four the Battle of Thermopylae
this epic battle between the Persian
Empire and a combined force of Greek
city-state soldiers was famously
dramatized in director Zack Snyder’s
2006 film 300
the film was itself based upon a graphic
novel from Frank Miller and Lynn Varley
which covered the Battle of Thermopylae
one of history’s most famously doomed
final stands against decisive odds old
Leonidas gives testament to our
bloodline his war is long and loud the
battle itself placed a comparatively
small rearguard of 300 Spartans and just
over a thousand fellow Greeks against a
Persian army numbering over 100,000
Sparta’s King Leonidas and his men
boldly held off Persia’s invading Xerxes
the first for as long as they could
before betrayal and insurmountable
numbers doomed the defense to death
if the real thing was anything like 300
it would have been an event made for
film
number three the life and death of Jesus
Christ Father forgive them for they know
not what they do there have been
numerous dramatic depictions of the life
and death of Jesus Christ on the silver
screen from the reverential to the
controversial you die this way you die
like a man you turned against God your
father there’s no sacrifice there’s no
salvation yet for many Christians the
chance to have recorded film of Jesus’s
actual existence is something whose
worth would be indescribable biblical
scholars agree that Jesus existed
historically but there is disagreement
about which aspects of his recorded life
are factual a film record might help to
settle some of these questions both for
Christians and for those from other
religions who are impacted by his
influence the life and death of Jesus
Christ is something that intellectuals
from both religious and secular sectors
find compelling to this day all I’m
saying is the change will happen with
love not with killing he’s the way it’s
dangerous it’s against Rome it’s against
the way the world is number two
the eruption of Vesuvius and destruction
of Pompeii
the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius
in 79 AD is one of the few historic
events on our list with a written
account detailed in the letters of the
man known as plenty the younger the
Roman born lawyer and magistrate wrote
two epistles on the volcano’s eruption
explaining in great detail the ash smoke
and lava which destroyed Pompeii
Herculaneum and many surrounding cities
these letters give incredible details as
to just how disastrous and apocalyptic
the Vesuvius eruption was to anyone
unlucky enough to have been caught in
its path but we still wish we could have
caught a glimpse perhaps we should go
back to barracks or the temple come
before you buy me that drink
look it’s just smoke before we unveil
our top pick here are some honorable
mentions
the same time as the pyramids in Egypt
are under construction workers here
complete the outer circle in Stonehenge
number one the big bag
we know you’re probably thinking how
could anyone have been there to film the
origins of the universe and we know
you’re right but how mind blowing would
it be to have recorded evidence of the
moment when the universe expanded cosmic
density gave way and then BAM existence
as impossible as filming it may have
been such a film record could give us
answers about where we come from how we
got here and where we’re going you know
we’re sitting on 4 million pounds of
fuel one nuclear weapon and a thing that
has 270,000 moving parts they’ll play
the lowest bidder they should feel good
that these things unite us and keep us
moving forward with the Big Bang
representing that moment of fantastic
universal possibility too bad God didn’t
have a camcorder now that’s a prayer
yeah yeah do you agree with our list are
you not entertained
which spectacular historic event do you
wish you could revisit on film
for more insightful top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com this dux things were so
much better back in the garden I’m sure
God will let us return soon
I mean how long can he hold a grudge
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