Caicedo, with Pole (1894)
- Original title
- Caicedo (with Pole)
- Directed by
- William Kennedy Dickson
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1 min
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 46 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent documentary film from 1894 showing a performer named Caicedo balancing on a pole. It was one of the first films shot with the Kinetograph camera.
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What happens
Caicedo, with Pole (Caïcedo, avec balancier) 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, la caméra Kinétographe, au format 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 qui faisait dérouler horizontalement la pellicule de 19 mm de large, à six perforations en bas du cadre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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