Just watched a fascinating film called Around Cape Horn, filmed in 1929. It's footage taken by a sailor on a commercial sailing ship as it goes around the Horn, narrated by him decades later. It's only 40 minutes, and has some absolutely incredible shots.

Apparently Peter Weir used it as a reference while shooting Master and Commander.

Wait wait wait what. Ok this discription criminally undersells this video. I read the discription and thought "oh hey that sounds awesome and super cool! Video from 1929? Taken on a BOAT? wow incredible!" I start watching. Video: [shows a guy playing with antique (in 1929) bicycles he found in his attic] me: "oh ok, not what I was expecting but this is neat--ooh, a highwheel bike!" [Dude crashes bike spectacularly] video: [shows man climbing telephone pole] narration: "I was training for going to sea, this was the closest I could find to a mast for practice...." (Me: "yes makes sense") [pole starts swaying, man makes it sway more on purpose] "...this pole was rotten at the bottom so it sways well, but it won't fall over because the wires hold it up!" [Man is climbing onto the top of the pole] me: " wait WHAT" video: [shows man doing a headstand on top of the pole while HANGING ONTO THE WIRES] "I wanted to make sure nothing about climbing the rigging would be scary..."

I am literally a minute and a half into this video and the first thirty seconds we're opening credits. This man is off the wall

Summer in Heidelberg, 1922

Theda Bara by Richard Southall Grant (1922)