Here's another of the test films that William Dickson made for Edison before he perfected motion pictures. It shows a man and a woman grasping hands. It lasts for four seconds, it's fuzzy and clumsy and unless you know what is going on, it's very difficult to figure it out. You can see the man's shirt and the woman's blouse, brilliant whites, but other than that, very little.
Nonetheless, the clarity of the print is vastly improved over the previous year's test strips. It would still be more than a year until Dickson had something suitable for exhibition, but he was making progress.
