Is there video recordings of "Feynman Lectures on physics"?

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The discussion centers around the availability of video recordings of Richard Feynman's lectures. It is confirmed that Feynman's undergraduate lectures from 1961-64 were only tape-recorded and photographed, with no video footage existing. However, his 1964 "Messenger Lectures" at Cornell were filmed by the BBC and are available for free online, thanks to Bill Gates. Participants express a desire to see Feynman in action, lamenting the absence of video from his earlier lectures, and mention resources where Feynman videos can be found.
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I have the books and audios. But I have yet to find the videos. I am wondering whether they exist.
 
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Ahmed Abdullah said:
I have the books and audios. But I have yet to find the videos. I am wondering whether they exist.

Feynman's 1961-64 undergraduate lectures, which became the basis of FLP, were tape-recorded and photographed only - they were never filmed or videotaped . However, in 1964 Feynman delivered a series of lectures at Cornell, his seven "Messenger Lectures," drawing largely from material he presented in his 1961-62 freshmen lectures, so they are similar to some of those, and these were filmed by the BBC. You can now watch them free online, courtesy of Bill Gates: research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/.

Mike Gottlieb
Editor, The Feynman Lectures on Physics New Millennium Edition
www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu
 
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codelieb said:
Feynman's 1961-64 undergraduate lectures, which became the basis of FLP, were tape-recorded and photographed only - they were never filmed or videotaped . However, in 1964 Feynman delivered a series of lectures at Cornell, his seven "Messenger Lectures," drawing largely from material he presented in his 1961-62 freshmen lectures, so they are similar to some of those, and these were filmed by the BBC. You can now watch them free online, courtesy of Bill Gates: research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/.

Mike Gottlieb
Editor, The Feynman Lectures on Physics New Millennium Edition
www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu

Thank you for the information. I have actually watched those lectures and almost all Feynman videos that I can find on the internet. I thought It would be wonderful if somehow I could collect those lectures in video format and see the man in action. Too bad, it was not videotaped.
 
Ahmed Abdullah said:
Too bad, it was not videotaped.
That was the technology of video recording back then. You've seen "http://www.richard-feynman.net/videos.htm" I assume?
 
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