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Dickson Experimental Sound Film

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William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.

Directed byWilliam K.L. Dickson, William Heise

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Released
Runtime
0h 1m
Language
EN
Released
August 31, 1894
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Edison Manufacturing CompanyNational Phonograph CompanyThomas A. Edison, Inc.

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[Dickson Experimental Sound Film] (1895) Edison

[Dickson Experimental Sound Film] (1895) Edison

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2 credited
Starring
William K.L. Dickson

William K.L. Dickson

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Charles D'Almaine

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Directed by
William K.L. Dickson
William K.L. Dickson
William Heise
William Heise
Produced by
William K.L. Dickson
William K.L. Dickson

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