True
A YouTube video authentically shows interviews with people who were born in the 1800s.
Spread on: YouTube, more than a million views (May to June 2026)
The real story
The clips are genuine recordings made in 1929, later colourised. A Snopes reader worried the video was AI, but the footage comes from a historic film archive. One 103-year-old man advises people to be honest with each other and drop their bad habits.
The fact-checker's verdict: “True”. Our label never goes further than theirs.
How to spot it
Colourised archive footage can look uncanny; check whether an archive or museum holds the original.
The receipts
Meet people born in 1800s interviewed in this video ↗
Snopes · 2026-06-21
