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Edison film sketch by Dickson, 1932
No full textOriginal document of sketches and other information regarding Edison film used in the development of the motion picture. This document was presented by Dickson as evidence of his experimental work for the Edison Company. Signed by J. K. Laurie Dickson, 1932.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/jonathan_silent_film/2371/thumbnail.jp
Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze, January 7, 1894 /
No full text"Considered to be the first motion picture given legal status by copyright acceptance. The forty-five frames it contains were sent in for copyright as a still picture. The action consists of a man, Fred Ott, sneezing. Application for copyright was filed by William K. Laurie Dickson, Edison's assistant and supervisor of the new motion picture project. The frames were rephotographed from the still picture and turned back into a motion picture"--Early motion pictures.Appearing: Fred Ott.Camera, William Heise.Duration: 0:05 at 16 fps.There appear to be two copyright registrations associated with this title. Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze, (c) W. K. L. Dickson; 9Jan1894; 2887 is the registration that has been associated with the motion picture. Edison kinetoscopic records. (c) W. K. L. Dickson; 6Oct1893; 44732 is the registration that has been associated with the photographic print. According to Kemp Niver's Early motion pictures, the film was created from the photographic print. Despite research into original copyright records, it is unclear why there are two different titles for the same work, or why two registrations were issued. On the LC ILS record for the photographic print (lccn 95505651), the copyright registration number is 44732Y. The letter Y was used for 1893 copyright registrations. In some paperwork, the other registration number appears as 2887Z, the letter Z indicating that the year of registration was 1894.Paper print shelf number (LC 0026A) appears on cards in Paper Print Collection card file, but does not appear in paper print re-housing logs. Niver's Early motion pictures states that this title was deposited as photograph. Cannot confirm, as item is not on shelf in M/B/RS. May be housed in the Prints and Photographs Division. DLCAdditional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCFilmed January 7, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey.Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 86-87; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 87.Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985
[Dickson experimental sound film] /
No full textExperimental sound film made for Edison's kinetophone -- a combination of the kinetoscope and phonograph -- but apparently never distributed. This LC copy is silent. 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.Copyright: no reg.Performer: W.K.L. Dickson or Charles D'Almaine.Camera, William Heise.Duration: 0:21 at 30 fps.LC also holds a copy of the synchronized sound version in the videodisc collection, More treasures from American film archives, 1894-1931. DLCAdditional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCFilmed ca. September 1894 to April 2, 1895, in Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, N.J.Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 178.This film was selected for the National Film Registry
[Men boxing] /
No full textExperimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.Camera, W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise.Duration: about 0:20 (looped image) at 30 fps.Filmed in May or June 1891, in the Photographic Building at the Edison Laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey.Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCOn one reel with: [Newark athlete. No. 1] and [Dickson greeting]. DLCSource used: Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 75
Sandow /
No full textCopyright (under title Souvenir strip of the Edison Kinetoscope): W.K.L. Dickson; 18May1894; 10777.Performer: Eugen Sandow.Camera, William Heise.Duration: 0:40 at 16 fps.According to vaudeville historian Joe Laurie, Jr., Sandow--who was managed by Flo Ziegfeld--was "the greatest of the strong men and who received the most publicity" (Vaudeville, 1972, p. 33).Filmed March 6, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey.Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 90-91
I Have No Pride : William Kennedy Laurie Dickson In His Own Words - An Autobiography
No full textAn early pioneer of cinema technology, author, photographer, and film director W.K.L. Dickson\u27s was one of the first people to perform a new type of subjectivity that we understand as multi-media. Working in the laboratory of Thomas Alva Edison, Dickson\u27s papers, photographs, and films have been carefully preserved as part of the Edison Papers Project and an examination of this archive rises to the level of autobiography.
Authors Wyn Wachhorst, Paul Israel, and Charles Musser help to bring to life the world of the Edison Laboratory, the world\u27s first pure research and development company. Dickson\u27s own work speaks across the decades. He inscribed himself into the world\u27s earliest cinema and tells his own story from cinema space and through the materials in his copious archive
[Newark athlete.
No full textExperimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.Camera, W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise.Incomplete: [Newark athlete. No. 1] is only 45 frames long. For a more complete copy, see [Newark athlete. No. 2], lccn 00694133. DLCDuration: 0:11 (looped image) at 30 fps.Filmed in May or June, 1891, in the Photographic Building at the Edison Laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey.Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCOn one reel with: [Men boxing] and [Dickson greeting]. DLCSource used: Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 74.This film was selected for the National Film Registry
Edison
No full textFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning author Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American historyThomas Alva Edison's invention of the first practical incandescent lamp 140 years ago so dazzled the world that it cast a shadow over his later achievements. In all, this near-deaf genius patented 1,093 inventions, not including those he left unlicensed for the benefit of medicine.Morris portrays the unknown Edison-- philosopher, futurist, chemist, botanist, wartime defense adviser, founder of nearly 250 companies-- while deconstructing the Edison of mythological memory. -- adapted from jacke
Imperial Japanese dance /
No full text"A charming representation of The Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored. 45 feet"--Edison films catalog.Copyright: no reg.Performers: Sarashe Sisters.Camera, William Heise.Duration: 0:28 at 24 fps.Filmed ca. October-November 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio, in West Orange, New Jersey.Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLCSources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 153; Raff & Gammon. Price list of films, ca. June 1895, p. 2 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 10 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 53 [MI]
Person
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/60268W. K. Laurie Dickson was an inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison
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