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Paddle Dance
(1894) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Raff & Gammon. / Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Early Kinetograph camera films were shot at approximately 48 frames per second.

Performance: Dance.

Synopsis: [Raff & Gammon catalog, October 1894, page ?] Paddle Dance, by Fiji Islanders, with Barnum & Bailey’s “Greatest Show on Earth.”

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Dance

Listing updated: 2 January 2009.

References: Altman-Sound p. 82; Ramsaye-Million p. ?.