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The First Film Footage of Albanians

Arnold Muir Wilson (1857-1909) and Frank Mottershaw (1850-1932)

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At the Wikimedia Commons

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The following film footage, dating from 1904, is probably the first ever to show Albanians. It is part of a longer documentary film made by Arnold Muir Wilson (1857-1909) and Frank Mottershaw (1850-1932). In 1904 Novi Pazar (Alb. Pazari i ri or Tregu i ri; Turkish Yeni Pazar) was the capital of the Ottoman Sanjak of Novi Pazar, part of the Vilayet of Kosovo

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Licence or status: Public domain, as the Wikimedia Commons states it.
Rights statement: Public domain
Credit: Arnold Muir Wilson (1857-1909) and Frank Mottershaw (1850-1932)
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