Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

Short1894• 1m
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A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.

Runtime
1m
Released
1894
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1894

Storyline

A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.

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Did you know

• First motion picture with a close-up.

• First motion picture to be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.

• One contemporary account of this two-second film (which was viewed not on a screen but as a film loop in a single-person viewing device) says that it was accompanied by a phonograph recording of a sneeze.

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Technical specs

Sound mix
Silent
Aspect ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White
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