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: