Dickson Greeting (1891)

Directed by

William Kennedy Dickson

Genre

silent film, documentary film, docufiction

Country

United States

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man greets the camera by taking off his hat and reaching for it with his other hand. The film shows an early motion picture demonstration from 1891.

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What happens

Dickson Greeting is an 1891 American short silent film. Directed, produced by, and starring motion-picture pioneer William K. L. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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