THE RARE FILM WAS FOUND BURIED
IN BOXES AT LINCOLN CENTER.
CBS 2'S NIKKI BATTISTE HAS
MORE ON THIS GENIUS FIND.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, GENIUS.
THERE'S ALBERT EINSTEIN BEHIND
THE WHEEL WITH THE SECOND WIFE
ELSA IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.
IT WAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN
QUEENS 87 YEARS AFTER IT WAS
SHOT.
TO COME ACROSS SOMETHING
THAT'S JUST SO JOYOUS AND
UNIVERSAL.
REALLY IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU
KNOW, ARCHIVE NERD HEAVEN.
Reporter: SHE FOUND THE 35-
MILLIMETER NITRATE PRINT IN
BOXES OF HOME MOVIES WHILE
WORKING AT LINCOLN CENTER LAST
YEAR.
WHEN YOU SAW EINSTEIN, WHAT
DID YOU THINK?
I WAS ABSOLUTELY FLOORED.
I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW IF
THERE'S, LIKE, A MORE EXCITING
NAME TO SEE.
Reporter: NEWSPAPER CLIPS
FROM FEBRUARY 1931 REPORT THE
PROFESSOR WAS PERSUADED TO GET
BEHIND THE WHEEL ON HIS
VISITOR TO WARNERS BROTHERS.
IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IN THE
ARTICLE THAT THE MASTER
NEGATIVES WERE DESTROYED AND
THE ONLY PRINT WAS GIVEN TO
THE EINSTEINS AND THAT'S WHEN
I WAS BASICALLY, LIKE, I HAVE
THE ONLY PRINT OF THIS FILM.
Reporter: CONNIE IS THE
ARCHIVIST FOR LINCOLN CENTER
PERFORMING ARTS.
IT'S PRETTY RARE.
ONE OF THE FUN THINGS ABOUT
BEING AN ARCHIVIST, EVERY DAY
YOU'RE FINDING SOMETHING COOL
AND LEARNING SOMETHING NEW BUT
NEVER QUITE EINSTEIN.
Reporter: A REAR PROJECTION
EFFECT SENDS EINSTEIN WHO
NEVER DROVE AND HIS WIFE ON A
THREE-MINUTE WHIRLWIND
ADVENTURE.
WHY IS IT SPECIAL?
IS IT BECAUSE HE IS DRIVING?
ALBERT EINSTEIN IS TRULY I
THINK ONE OF, YOU KNOW, THE
MOST ICONIC AND REALLY ONE OF
THE MOST LOVED PUBLIC FIGURES
THERE IS.
IT'S JUST SO HEARTWARMING.
Reporter: THERE'S OTHER
DOCUMENTATION OF EINSTEIN'S
TIME IN HOLLYWOOD INCLUDING
THIS PHOTO WITH CHARLIE
CHAPLAIN AT THE PREMIERE OF
CITY LIGHTS.
BUT WITH THIS DISCOVERY
AUDIENCES CAN SEE FOR
