1900s MPEG compression was pretty intense.

i think it's a reupload of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Edison,_Panorama_o...

which links to https://lccn.loc.gov/00694271 , but that does not seem to have a digital copy available

edit: well here's an archive but it's not any better https://web.archive.org/web/20231016184047if_/http://memory....

Thankfully the second video contains a much more watchable film rip.