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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920


Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze, January 7, 1894 / W.K.L. Dickson.


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Sneeze

Fred Ott's sneeze

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1894.

SUMMARY
Film made for publicity purposes, as a series of still photographs to accompany an article in Harper's weekly.

NOTES
Copyright: W. K. L. Dickson; 9Jan1894; 2887.

Performer: Fred Ott.

Camera, William Heise.

Duration: 0:05 at 16 fps.

MAVIS 180290.

Filmed ca. January 2-7, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 87.

viewing print; Received: 5-13-1994; preservation; AFI/Hendricks (Gordon) Collection.

paper print; Received: 1-9-1894; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Sneezing.
Publicity.
Motion picture industry--Public relations--United States.
Actualities (Motion pictures)

RELATED NAMES
Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production.
Ott, Frederic P., performer.
Heise, William, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
viewing print. 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., 4 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
paper pos. 1 roll of 1 (ca. 4 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

CALL NUMBER
FEC 8091 (viewing print)
LC 26A (paper pos)

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID
edmp 0026A http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.0026A

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