Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894
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William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound...
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William K.L. Dickson
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor and the Edison Manufacturing Company's official photographer. In 1889, he was assigned to turn the concept of a the proposed motion picture device, named the Kinetoscope, into a reality. The first working prototype was unveiled in May 1891 and the design of system was essentially finalised by the fall of 1892. The completed version of the Kinetoscope was officially unveiled at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on 9 May 1893.
Filmography
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Horse Shoeing
1893
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One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were...
Dickson Greeting
1891
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William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod...
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
1899
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Watched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, Lady Buller, the Mayor of Southampton and others walk along the gangway...
A Hand Shake
1892
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William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
1898
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A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch of Caligul...
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
1898
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A British Mutoscope & Biograph production.