Underplayed Gems

Fred Ott Holding a Bird (1894)

Fred Ott Holding a Bird poster
Directed by
William Kennedy Dickson
Genre
silent film, docufiction
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A short silent film from 1894 shows Thomas Edison's assistant Fred Ott holding a bird. It is a simple documentary style clip of a man with an animal.

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What happens

Fred Ott Holding a Bird is een Amerikaanse film uit 1894. De film werd gemaakt door de Edison Manufacturing Company en toont de assistent van Thomas Edison, Fred Ott, die een vogel vasthoudt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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