Fred Ott's Sneeze

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Fred Ott's Sneeze is an 1894 short silent film, one of the earliest motion pictures ever recorded, showing Edison employee Fred Ott sneezing after inhaling snuff.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf actuality film
short film
alternativeTitle Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze NERFINISHED
archivedAt Library of Congress NERFINISHED
cameraOperator William Heise NERFINISHED
copyrightedBy Thomas A. Edison NERFINISHED
copyrightOffice United States Copyright Office NERFINISHED
copyrightYear 1894
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depictsAction sneeze
depictsActivity use of snuff
director William K.L. Dickson NERFINISHED
era early cinema
exhibitionDevice Kinetoscope NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Fred Ott NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Edison Black Maria studio NERFINISHED
filmingYear 1894
filmMovement pre-classical cinema
format Kinetoscope film
frameRate about 16 frames per second
genre comedy short
documentary short
hasColor black and white
hasNoIntertitles true
historicalSignificance among the earliest copyrighted motion pictures in the United States
one of the earliest films made for the Kinetoscope
includedIn Library of Congress film collections NERFINISHED
isOneOf earliest surviving motion pictures
language none (silent)
madeFor scientific and promotional demonstration of motion pictures
medium 35 mm film
notableFor simple gag used to demonstrate motion picture technology
numberOfFrames about 45 frames
portrays a man taking snuff and sneezing
producer Thomas Edison NERFINISHED
productionCompany Edison Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED
productionTechnology Kinetograph camera NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1894
runtime approximately 5 seconds
sound silent
stars Fred Ott NERFINISHED
studioLocation West Orange, New Jersey NERFINISHED
subjectOfTheFilm Fred Ott sneezing after inhaling snuff
title Fred Ott's Sneeze NERFINISHED

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Black Maria studio producedWork Fred Ott's Sneeze