Dickson Greeting

1891 American film
  • 1891-05-20 (1891-05-20)
Running time
3 secondsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent

Dickson Greeting is an 1891 American short silent film. Directed, produced by, and starring motion-picture pioneer William K. L. Dickson, it displays a 3-second clip of him passing a hat in front of himself, and reaching for it with his other hand. It was filmed on May 20, 1891[2] in the Photographic Building at Edison's Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey, in collaboration with Thomas Edison using his kinetograph. The film was played for viewers at the National Federation of Women's Clubs, one of the first public presentations of a motion picture.

Dickson Greeting

References

  1. ^ "Dickson Greeting".
  2. ^ "[Dickson greeting]". Library of Congress.

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