William K.L. Dickson
Birthday: 1860-08-03
Place of Birth: Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France
Biography: William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor and the Edison Manufacturing Company's official photographer. In 1889, he was assigned to turn the concept of a the proposed motion picture device, named the Kinetoscope, into a reality. The first working prototype was unveiled in May 1891 and the design of system was essentially finalised by the fall of 1892. The completed version of the Kinetoscope was officially unveiled at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on 9 May 1893.
Movies
Dickson Greeting
William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a...
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film
William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film w...
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A Hand Shake
William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film....
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Horse Shoeing
One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which t...
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General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
Watched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, Lady Buller, the Mayor of Southampton and others walk along t...
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Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
A British Mutoscope & Biograph production....
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Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
A folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and Arch...
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