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Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)

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The sound has been found in the form of an old Edisonian recording cylinder. The cylinder was repaired, then Walter Murch ACE MPSE synced the film to the correct music in (I believe) 2002. Total running time is approximately 17 seconds.

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William K.L. Dickson
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film -- The sound has been found in the form of an old Edisonian recording cylinder. The cylinder was repaired, then Walter Murch ACE MPSE synced the film to the correct music in (I believe) 2002. Total running time is approximately 17 seconds.
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William K.L. Dickson William K.L. Dickson ...
Violin Player (uncredited)
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The earliest extant sound film. William K.L. Dickson stands in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder. As he plays a violin, two men dance in the foreground. This film was made to demonstrate a new Thomas Edison machine, the Kinetophone. These machines were Kinetoscope peepshow viewers mated with Thomas Edison wax cylinder phonographs. But the Kinetophone never caught on and this film was never released. The film still exists, but the phonograph soundtrack has been lost. Written by Steven W. Siferd <ssiferd@aol.com>  

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Dickson kísérleti hangosfilmje See more »

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Edison Manufacturing Company See more »
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Runtime:

(2003 release)

Sound Mix:

Kinetophone

Color:

Black and White

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1.33 : 1
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One of the films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives (2004)", compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. This film is preserved by the Library of Congress; sound from the Edison National Historic Site. See more »

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Man: Are the rest of you ready? Go ahead!
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Soundtracks

"The Chimes of Normandy"
(1877) (uncredited)
(Originally called "Les cloches de Corneville (The Bells of Corneville)"
Written by Robert Planquette
Small section played on violin by William K.L. Dickson See more »