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Gelatin silver print Moving Skip Rope

United States, c. 1938-1957
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American professor Harold ‘Doc’ Edgerton’s pioneering development of the electric stroboscopic flash suspended movement, stopping skipping ropes mid-swing – a..

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Kinetic Study

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Georges Méliès in Un homme de têtes (The Four Troublesome Heads)

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