Fred Otts Sneeze
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Genre Documentary, Short Country United States | 5.8/10 IMDb Duration Language Silent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date January 9, 1894 (1894-01-09) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze jan 7 1894
Fred Ott's Sneeze (also known as Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze) is an 1894 American, short, black-and-white, silent documentary film shot by William K.L. Dickson and starring Fred Ott. It was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.
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- Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze jan 7 1894
- Fred ott s sneeze
- Production
- Current status
- References
In the five-second film one of Thomas Edison's assistants, Fred Ott, takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. According to the Library of Congress, "It was filmed for publicity purposes as a series of still photographs to accompany an article in Harper's Weekly."
In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Fred ott s sneeze
Production
The film was produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company, which had begun making films in 1890 under the direction of Dickson, one of the earliest film pioneers. It was filmed within the Black Maria studio at West Orange, New Jersey, in the USA, which was U.S. first movie studio. It was filmed between January 2, 1894 and January 7, 1894 and was displayed, at the time, through the means of a Kinetoscope.
Current status
As a film produced prior to 1923, its copyright has now expired and the work is in the public domain. Originally, the film was submitted to the Library of Congress as a "paper print" (a photographic record of each frame of the film) for copyright purposes. A digital copy is now kept by the Library of Congress and can be viewed on their American Memory website. This short film has been featured at The 30th Annual Academy Awards, and was included as part of the TV documentary. The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
References
Fred Ott's Sneeze WikipediaFred Otts Sneeze IMDb Fred Otts Sneeze themoviedb.org