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Sioux_buffalo_dance,_1894.ogv ‎(Ogg Theora video file, length 18 s, 320 × 240 pixels, 1.54 Mbps, file size: 3.24 MB)

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

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United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1894]

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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.

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

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Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production. Heise, William, camera. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)

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

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no shelf no.

REPOSITORY

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

DIGITAL ID

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

Media of the day This file was selected as the media of the day for 02 November 2009. It was captioned as follows:
English: Sioux buffalo dance from 1894 (video)
Other languages
Čeština: Buvolí tanec Siouxů z roku 1894 (video)
English: Sioux buffalo dance from 1894 (video)
Македонски: Припадници на индијанскиот народ Сиу изведуваат танц за духовите, 1894 г. (видеоснимка)
Polski: Taniec bizona Sjuksów, z 1894 roku
中文（简体）：苏人水牛舞,1894
中文（繁體）：1894年蘇族水牛舞的影片

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Streaming 240p (VP9) 323 kbps Completed 02:55, 16 December 2023 1.0 s
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