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Buffalo Dance is an 1894 American 16 seconds long, short black and white silent film shot in Black Maria studio of Thomas Edison, which is in addition to Sioux Ghost Dance made at the same year is one of most earliest films about the life of Native American people. In this film, that is produced by William K. L. Dickson and cinematographed by William Heise three Sioux warriors, named His coat, Parts His Hair and Last Horse plays Sioux Buffalo Dance walking in a circle and two others American Indians sitting behind them and accompanying them with drums.
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According to the Internet Movie Database the film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33 : 1. The movie was intended to be displayed through means of a Kinetoscope. [1]
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