This is truly a milestone in the history of cinema. While the sound quality obviously leaves a lot to be desired, I like that they chose the violin for this groundbreaking little video. It's a beautiful piece he's playing.
I wonder what the 4 people in the video would say if they knew over 120 years later, people are still watching them playing and dancing. Maybe that's what one of the dancers was thinking of that very moment. He seems to be smiling occasionally and having an enjoyable time. His partner's face expression, however, has more of a "what am I doing here?"-note. Moving pictures and noise going together must have been a pretty big thing back in the day given the fact that silence movies were still made for a truly long time after 1894.
I wonder what the 4 people in the video would say if they knew over 120 years later, people are still watching them playing and dancing. Maybe that's what one of the dancers was thinking of that very moment. He seems to be smiling occasionally and having an enjoyable time. His partner's face expression, however, has more of a "what am I doing here?"-note. Moving pictures and noise going together must have been a pretty big thing back in the day given the fact that silence movies were still made for a truly long time after 1894.