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Dickson violin / directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson ; produced by Edison Studios.
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- Video
- Series:
- Silent film online.
- Silent film online
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Dance.
- Kinetophone.
- Male dancers.
- Sound motion pictures--Experiments.
- Sound motion pictures.
- Violinists.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (1 min.) : sound, black and white.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Dickson experimental sound film
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kino Lorber, Inc., 1894.
- Language Note:
- This edition silent with musical background.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Experimental sound film made for Edison's kinetophone -- a combination of the kinetoscope and phonograph -- but apparently never distributed. Features two men dancing to a violinist. Shows W. K. L. Dickson playing the violin before a large phonograph horn connected with an off-screen reader while two men dance together. Part of Dickson's sound-synchronization experiments.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Silent Film Online, viewed Apr. 4, 2014).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Silent film online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Won 2003 National Film Preservation Board National Film Registry Award
- Other Format:
- K383
- OCLC:
- 881550514
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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