Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Jan 09 1894
•0h 1m
•Documentary
A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.
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Fred Ott
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