Fil:Sioux buffalo dance, 1894.ogv

Buffalo dance / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, W.K.L. Dickson.

CREATED/PUBLISHED

United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1894]

NOTES

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.

SUBJECTS

Buffalo dance. Indian dance--North America. Dancers--United States. Wild west shows--United States. Dance

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)

MEDIUM

1 reel of 1 (ca. 17 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.

CALL NUMBER

no shelf no.

REPOSITORY

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID

edmp 4025 urn:hdl:loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4025 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4025

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