On This Day May 20

Dickson Greeting was directed, produced by and starred Thomas Edison's assistant William Dickson. The film is a three-second clip of Dickson 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. The film was played for viewers at the National Federation of Women's Clubs, the first public presentation of a motion picture in America.

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