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REENACTMENT OF DOCTOR, SCIENTIST STUDYING MOTION, WEARING WHITE LAB COAT, WITH HORSE AND RIDER EXPERIMENT RIDER HOLDS DEVICE, AN ADAPTATION OF THE PULSE-TAKING INVENTION FOUR NEEDLES ON A DRUM CREATING GRAPHS OF HORSE'S MOVEMENT MOVING PARTS OF GIZMO WIRES CONNECTED TO DEVICE AND HORSE'S LEGS CLOSES UP HORSE'S HOOF WITH PAD ON IT USED TO RECORD MOVEMENT RIDER, JOCKEY RIDING HORSE TO RECORD ITS GAIT EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE

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Reel Summary RELATES THE HISTORY OF MAN'S EFFORT TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND REPRODUCE LIVING MOVEMENT INCLUDES THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF MOVEMENT, INVOLVING TWENTY FOUR CAMERAS STATIONED AT INTERVALS ALONG A HORSE'S PATH, THOMAS EDISON'S WORK, AND LUMIERE'S COMMERCIAL PROJECTOR FOR LARGE AUDIENCES THE HISTORY OF THE MOVIE CAMERA MAN BLOCKS HIS HANDS TO PICTURE LANDSCAPE ASSISTANT WITH LOTS OF EQUIPMENT ON HIS BACK EARLY PHOTOGRAPHERS RECREATION POSING IN STUDIO DON'T MOVE MOVES WOMAN'S HAND A LITTLE BIT FOR EACH PICTURE BIOSCOPE MOTION UNDERSTOOD DOCTOR CHECKS WOMAN TAKING PULSE PUTS WEIRD INSTRUMENT ON WOMAN'S ARM MARKS PULSE BEAT MAN ON HORSE WITH MACHINE TO MAKE GRAPH OF HORSE'S GAIT EARLY MACHINE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE IDEA THAT HORSE RESTS ON ONLY ONE LEG DURING GALLOP PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENTS DIAGRAMS SOARING BIRD RECREATIONS OF EARLY EXPERIMENTS COVERING CAMERA LENS SPINNING SHUTTER MAN DRESSED IN ODD OUTFIT HOW MAN MOVES WHEN HE WALKS FIRST BICYCLES WOMAN WINDS CAMERA MAN TURNS CRANK BACKSTAGE MAN TURNS DOWN LARGE SWITCH TO MAKE STAGE LIGHTS GO UP EARLY EDISON MACHINES WOMAN WITH HEADPHONES LISTENS TO RECORDING IN PENNY ARCADE MUSCLE MAN MACHINE RUNNING STRIPS OF FILM TURNING WHEELS INDIANS DANCE MOVIOLA ACROBAT JUMPS AROUND MAN BENDS WITH STICK ANNIE OAKLEY SHOOTS RIFLE CATS BOX CROWDS OF WOMEN LEAVE FACTORY LUMIERE FACTORY MAN LOOKS AT STRIP OF FILM LUMIERE CAMERA PROJECTOR ON TRIPOD FEEDING BABY AT BREAKFAST LUMIERE AND WIFE FRENCH RESTAURANT SHOWS FILMS LOADING CAMERA MODERN MIRACLE LIGHTS GO OFF SHOWING FILM TO AUDIENCE PEOPLE AT TRAIN STATION FRENCH CAVALRY HORSE RACE ZOETROPE
Description REENACTMENT OF DOCTOR, SCIENTIST STUDYING MOTION, WEARING WHITE LAB COAT, WITH HORSE AND RIDER EXPERIMENT RIDER HOLDS DEVICE, AN ADAPTATION OF THE PULSE-TAKING INVENTION FOUR NEEDLES ON A DRUM CREATING GRAPHS OF HORSE'S MOVEMENT MOVING PARTS OF GIZMO WIRES CONNECTED TO DEVICE AND HORSE'S LEGS CLOSES UP HORSE'S HOOF WITH PAD ON IT USED TO RECORD MOVEMENT RIDER, JOCKEY RIDING HORSE TO RECORD ITS GAIT EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE
Genre HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING
Color b&w
Year 1890-1899
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