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A Hand-Shake
(1892) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise

Cast: William Heise, W.K.L. Dickson.

Edison Manufacturing Company production. / The production was shot in an early version of Edison’s Kinetograph vertical-feed (approximately 35mm) spherical motion picture format.

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Synopsis: Heise is joined by Dickson from off-camera and the two men shake hands.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Experimental motion picture systems

Listing updated: 30 August 2023.

References: Musser-Before pp. 32, 33; Musser-Emerge pp. 72, 73 : Website-IMDb.