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William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor and the Edison Manufacturing Company's official photographer. In 1889, he was assigned to turn the concept of a the proposed motion picture device, named the Kinetoscope, into a reality. The first working prototype was unveiled in May 1891 and the design of system was essentially finalised by the fall of 1892. The completed version of the Kinetoscope was officially unveiled at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on 9 May 1893.

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Himself

General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton

1899

3.3

Himself

Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

1898

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Man on left of picture

Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square

1898

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Self

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

1894

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Himself

Horse Shoeing

1893

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A Hand Shake

1892

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Himself

Dickson Greeting

1891

Credits

General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton

as Himself

1899

3.3

Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii

as Himself

1898

3.3

Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square

as Man on left of picture

1898

4.0

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

as Self

1894

6.1

Horse Shoeing

as Himself

1893

2.7

A Hand Shake

1892

3.5

Dickson Greeting

as Himself

1891

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