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Snowball fights are timeless winter fun, and while photos and paintings of snowball fights going back many, many decades exist, the oldest know video of one is on YouTube. The short clip was shot in 1897 in France. Two brothers released the 50-second, black-and-white silent film that would capture a new way for people to view the weather. … The clip captures a group of people in Lyons, France, playing in snow and the chaos ensuing as a snowball fight between two sides turns into a surprise attack on a passing cyclist. The cyclist is knocked off the bike, and the group continues to bombard him with snowballs until he is able to stand back up, snatch up his bike and quickly peddle away.