A box of matches may hold the oldest stop motion. Arthur Melbourne Cooper shot Matches: An Appeal; his camp dates it 1899. The BFI says 1914, off the lost negative. Film History fought it 1999 to 2002. Maker or archive, who gets the date?
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Posted on X by @thesickkitten, 21 Oct 2026, 12:52 PM CT.