Dickson Greeting

Dickson Greeting is credited as one of the world's first films. Directed, produced by and starring motion-picture pioneer William Dickson, it displays a 3 second clip of him passing a hat in front of himself, and reaching for it with his other hand. It was filmed on May 20, 1891 in the Photographic Building at Edison's Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey, in collaboration with Thomas Edison using his kinetograph. The film was played for viewers at the National Federation of Women's Clubs, one of the first public presentations of a motion picture.

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Le Salut de Dickson est la première apparition publique de photographies en mouvement sur un support en nitrate de cellulose (celluloïd), support souple et fin inventé en 1887 par John Carbutt et commercialisée dès 1888 par l'industriel George Eastman sous la forme d'un ruban de 70 mm de large et dont la longueur est en principe sans limite, mettant fin au cycle court du jouet optique.

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