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Athlete with Wand (1894)

Athlete with Wand poster
Directed by
William Kennedy Dickson
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short silent film shows an athlete performing with a wand. It was one of the first movies made with an early motion picture camera.

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What happens

Athlete with Wand (Athlète à la baguette) est un film américain réalisé par William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, sorti en 1894. Ce film est un des premiers tournés avec la première caméra argentique de cinéma, à défilement linéaire vertical, le kinétographe, au format Edison 35 mm de large, à deux paires de quatre perforations par photogramme, conçue par Dickson à partir des croquis d'Edison et du premier modèle de cette caméra où la pellicule de 19 mm de large, à six perforations en bas du cadre, se déroulait horizontalement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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