Silent Short Movie of ’Abdu’l-Bahá in color

’Abdu’l-Bahá at 935 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, NY June 18 1912, on the grounds of the residence of Mary and Howard MacNutt. The MacNutts hosted the filming of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and recording his voice as a racially integrated event in the socially white part of Brooklyn. Shown here are colored scenes from this motion picture as included in ’Exemplar’ © 2021 Bahá’í International Community The wax cylinder recording of the chanting of ’Abdu’l-Baha was sold in the 1930’s as a 78 RPM record ; find this recording, recorded on the phonograph ’Edison talking machine’, of ’Abdu’l-Bahá chanting a Tablet, with English translation here: Playlist ’Abdu’l-Bahá YouTube:
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