Dickson Greeting
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Dickson Greeting | |
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Directed by | William Dickson |
Produced by | William Dickson William Heise |
Starring | William Dickson |
Cinematography | William Heise |
Release date(s) | 1891 |
Running time | 3 secs |
Country | US |
Language | silent |
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Dickson Greeting is credited as one of the world's first films. Directed, produced by and starring William Dickson - it simply displays a 3 second clip of him waving. It was filmed on 20 May 1891 in the Photographic Building at Edison's Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey, in collaboration with Thomas Edison using his kinetoscope. The film would be played at National Federation of Women's Clubs.
W. K. Dickson went on to dominate cinema during the 1890s.