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Edison Kinetophone (or Phonokinetoscope)

Edison Kinetophone (or Phonokinetoscope)

1894
Edison Kinetoscope

Edison Kinetoscope

1894
Edison Kinetoscope

Edison Kinetoscope

1894
Cylinder phonograph mechanism from Edison Kinetophone (or Phonokinetoscope). Serial no K1268. Painted inscription in gold 'FOR USE ONLY IN CONNECTION / WITH THE EDISON KINETOSCOPE'.

Cylinder phonograph mechanism for Edison Kinetophone

1894
Book 'The Biograph in Battle: It's Story in the South African War Related with Personal Experiences' by W K L Dickson, London: T Fisher Unwin, Paternoster Square, 1901. First edition.

The Biograph in Battle

1901
Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a view of a town, buildings in the distance.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a view of a town

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a group of people playing music and dancing. Ruin in the background. Possibly Italy. Possibly Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii, 1898.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

1898
Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a military camp, three soldiers in the foreground, several tents in the background. Possibly Boer war. Yellow.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a military camp

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of an industrial landscape. Group of men in foreground.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a military parade. Large crowd watching parade of uniformed men on horseback.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a military parade. Large crowd watching parade of uniformed men on horseback and on foot.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of an American rural railway station, people waiting on the platform. Steam train approaching from the rear.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a military parade. Large crowd watching parade of uniformed men on horseback.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of Niagara Falls.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a rough sea.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a crazed man seated eating a large plate full of food and a glass of beer. Man is shouting, wide eyed and waving his knife and fork aloft. 'Herbert Campbell as Little Bobby', 1899.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

1899
Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of an American landscape. Car in foreground with two women and one man on board. Railway bridge visibile in background between two montains.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a war scene. Soldiers in trench in foreground. In background covered wagon, horses and men on foot approach the camera.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a war scene

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of sail boats on water. Passenger liner in the background. Hills beyond.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of people standing in a snowy town landscape. Possibly watching a military parade.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a view along a railway line, rural landscape, trees and several posts visible along the line.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a view along a railway line

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of people sledging down large patch, people looking on.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of Niagara Falls.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a group of people standing in the street. Housing visible in background. Group of horses pulling a boat along the street. Yellow.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a woman washing a child in a wooden bowl. Child looks unimpressed.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a group of African men in traditional dress walking along street.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a group of pelicans by a pond. 'Pelicans at the Zoo', 1898

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a group of pelicans by a pond

1898
Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a dockside, river in foreground, building in background.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a dockside

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a war scene. Soldiers in trench in foreground. In background covered wagon, horses and men on foot approach the camera.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a war scene

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a locomotive travelling towards camera through heavy snow.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a group of people standing in the street. Housing visible in background. Group of horses pulling a boat along the street.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a beach scene. Sailors wearing lifejackets coming ashore on a rowing boat, one man receiving attention on the ground, possibly after an accident. 'Launch of the Worthing Lifeboat', 1898.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a beach scene

1898
Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a rowing boat on ariver. Crowd on river bank watching. 'Henley Regatta', 1901.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

1901
Four frames of silent positive 55mm film (image size 20mm) showing a long shot of Pope Leo XII in the Vatican in 1898, with two courtiers either side and the Swiss Guard lined up behind him.

Four frames of silent positive 55mm film (image size 20mm) showing a long shot of Pope Leo XII in the Vatican in 1898

circa 1898?
Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of an American railroad construction. Group of men working on the tracks.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a group of people, men in military uniforms, possilbly Austro-Hungarian (possibly Kiel Canal).

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a group of people

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biogrpah film showing a view along a railway line over a bridge, possibly Brooklyn Bridge, New York.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

1899?
Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a woman washing a child in a wooden bowl. Child looks unimpressed.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of a woman and two men standing in square (St Mark's Square?) surrouded by pigeons. Statue behind the woman, historical buildings in the background. Possibly 'Feeding the Pigeons in Saint Mark's Square, Venice', 1898.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

1898
Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a frozen lake. Two boats and two men skating across the frozen surface.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of railroad construction in USA. Group of men working on the hillside.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a sail boat on calm water, hills beyond.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a sail boat on calm water

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a crazed man seated eating a large plate full of food and a glass of beer. Man is shouting, wide eyed and waving his knife and fork aloft. 'Herbert Campbell as Little Bobby', 1899.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

1899
Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of Niagara Falls.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot on board ship. Sailors gathered together, two lifeboats in water alongside.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot on board ship

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a seascape with many seabirds flying over the ocean.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of Niagara Falls.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot from a moving train, end of tunnel in view.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot from a moving train

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a medium shot of a woman washing a child in a wooden bowl. Lifting child's arm, holding a cloth.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film showing a long shot of three men working on three typsesetting machines.

Two frames of silent 68mm positive black and white Biograph film