London Museum Acquires YouTube's Very First Video
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February 20, 2026
Before YouTube turned everyone with a phone into a videographer, it started with one shaky clip about elephants. London's Victoria and Albert Museum has added "Me at the Zoo"—the first video ever uploaded to YouTube—to its collection, along with a painstaking reconstruction of the site's early look, reports...
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