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Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
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DICKSON EXPERIMENTAL SOUND FILM

Directed by William K.L. Dickson
United States, 1894
Musical, Short, LGBTQ+

Synopsis

Filmmaker William K.L. Dickson plays a violin into a recording cone for an off-camera wax cylinder, while two men dance to the music in the first known film with live-recorded sound.

Synopsis

Filmmaker William K.L. Dickson plays a violin into a recording cone for an off-camera wax cylinder, while two men dance to the music in the first known film with live-recorded sound.