Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894 · 0h 1m · Music · United States of America
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.
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black and whiteexperimental filmkinetophonemusicshort filmsoundviolin
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