Monkeyshines, No. 1

United States of America, 1890

Film

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Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows a blurry figure in white standing in one place making large gestures and is only a few seconds long.

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Credits

director

William Heise

William K.L. Dickson

producer

William K.L. Dickson

production company

Edison Manufacturing Company

Duration

01:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1890

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-32571

Language

No language

Subject category

Documentary

TMDB-Movie

32571

Wikidata

Q1854297

Collected

301 times

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