Newark Athlete (1891)
- Directed by
- William Kennedy Dickson
- Genre
- silent film, documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Rating
- 4.5 of 10 from 84 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young athlete swings Indian clubs in a short silent film from 1891. The 12-second clip shows a simple physical activity filmed at Thomas Edison's laboratory.
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What happens
Newark Athlete is an 1891 American short silent film directed and produced by William Kennedy Dickson. The film, roughly 12 seconds in length, displays a young athlete swinging Indian clubs. The identity of the athlete is unknown. It was filmed in May or June 1891, in the Photographic Building at the Edison Laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey. The firm's Black Maria studio building was not constructed until late 1892 or early 1893. The film was made to be viewed using Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope. In 2010, Newark Athlete was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It is currently the oldest film chosen to be in the Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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