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Buffalo dance / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, W.K.L. Dickson.
[edit] CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1894]
Copyright: no reg.
Performers: Last Horse, Parts His Hair, Hair Coat.
Camera, William Heise.
Duration: 0:15 at 20 fps.
According to Edison film historian C. Musser, this film and others shot on the same day (see also Sioux ghost dance) featured Native American Indian dancers from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and constitutes the American Indian's first appearance before a motion picture camera.
Filmed September 24, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 126.
[edit] SUBJECTS
Buffalo dance. Indian dance--North America. Dancers--United States. Wild west shows--United States. Dance
[edit] RELATED NAMES
Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production. Heise, William, camera. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)
[edit] MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (ca. 17 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
[edit] CALL NUMBER
no shelf no.
[edit] REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA
[edit] DIGITAL ID
edmp 4025 urn:hdl:loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4025 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4025
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This file was selected as a media of the day for November 2. It was captioned as followed:
English: Sioux buffalo dance from 1894 (video)
English: Sioux buffalo dance from 1894 (video)
Polski: Taniec bizona Sjuksów, z 1894 roku
中文(简体): 苏人水牛舞,1894
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