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Newark Athlete is a american film of genre Documentary directed by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson released in USA on 1 may 1891

Newark Athlete

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Released in USA 1 may 1891
OriginUSA
Rating48% 2.4476552.4476552.4476552.4476552.447655

Newark Athlete is an 1891 American short film directed and produced by William K. L. Dickson. The film, roughly ten seconds in length, displays a young athlete swinging Indian clubs. It was filmed in May or June 1891, in Edison's Black Maria studio. The film was made to be viewed using Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope.

In 2010, Newark Athlete was chosen by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. It is currently the oldest film chosen to be in the Registry.
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