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  • Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)
  • Not Rated
    Short | 1.367 min | Short, Music
Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)
Not Rated
Short | 1.367 min | Short, Music
The earliest extant sound film. William K.L. Dickson stands in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder. As he plays a violin, two men dance in the foreground. This film was made to ...See moreThe earliest extant sound film. William K.L. Dickson stands in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder. As he plays a violin, two men dance in the foreground. This film was made to demonstrate a new Thomas Edison machine, the Kinetophone. These machines were Kinetoscope peepshow viewers mated with Thomas Edison wax cylinder phonographs. But the Kinetophone never caught on and this film was never released. The film still exists, but the phonograph soundtrack has been lost. Written by Steven W. Siferd See less
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Walter Murch (2003 release)
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Updated Aug 31, 1894
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Aug 31, 1894 (United States)
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Sandow (1896)
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