- Newark Athlete
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Newark Athlete Directed by William Dickson Produced by William Dickson Studio Edison's Black Maria Distributed by Edison Studios Release date(s) 1891 Running time roughly 10 seconds Country United States Language silent Newark Athlete is a short film directed and produced by William Dickson. The film, roughly ten seconds in length, displays a young athlete swinging Indian clubs. It was filmed in May or June in 1891, in Edison's Black Maria studio.[1] It could be viewed using Thomas Edison's kinetoscope.
In 2010, Newark Athlete was chosen by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. It is currently the oldest film chosen to be in the Registry.
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Categories:- 1891 films
- American films
- Short films
- Silent films
- Black-and-white films
- United States National Film Registry films
- Short film stubs
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