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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Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
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Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
01 January 1891
Lost film from 1891, directed by William K.L. Dickson and William Heise. The film stars James C. Duncan.
01 January 1891
Lost film from 1891, directed by William K.L. Dickson and William Heise.
01 January 1891
Lost film from 1891, directed by William K.L. Dickson and William Heise. The film stars Fred C. Devonald and James C.
01 January 1891
Experimental test footage from Edison’s earliest motion picture work, capturing camera trials, exposure studies, and mechanical movement.
01 January 1891
Unfound film from 1891, directed by William K.L. Dickson and William Heise. The film stars James C. Duncan.
01 May 1891
Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
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