William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the first film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company to be shown to public audiences and the press.
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William K.L. Dickson as Self
William K.L. Dickson Director
United States 20 May 1891
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Dickson Greeting is credited as one of the world's first films. Directed produced by and starring motion-picture pioneer William Dickson it displays a 3 second ...
Dickson Greeting is credited as one of the world's first films. Directed produced by and starring motion-picture pioneer William Dickson it displays a 3-second ...
Dickson Greeting is credited as one of the world's first films. Directed produced by and starring motion-picture pioneer William Dickson it displays a 3 second ...
Although this is often incorrectly credited as the first film made in the USA it was in fact the second. Dickson's Monkeyshines No. 1 seems to actually be the first ...
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