Dickson Greeting

Dickson Greeting
Directed by	William Dickson
Produced by	William Dickson William Heise
Starring	William Dickson
Cinematography	William Heise
Release date(s)	1891
Running time	1 minute
Country	US
Language	silent

Dickson Greeting is credited as one of the world's first films. Directed, produced by and starring motion-picture pioneer William Dickson, it displays a 3 second clip of him passing a hat in front of himself, and reaching for it with his other hand. It was filmed on May 20, 1891 in the Photographic Building at Edison's Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey, in collaboration with Thomas Edison using his kinetograph. The film was played for viewers at National Federation of Women's Clubs, one of the first public presentations of a motion picture.

Dickson Greeting (Monkeyshines, no.2)

External links

• Dickson Greeting, Library of Congress
• Dickson Greeting at the Internet Movie Database