The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1895 Film) -- Directed By William Dickson -- Full Movie

The earliest extant sound film. William K.L. Dickson stands in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder. As he plays a violin, two men dance in the foreground. This film was made to demonstrate a new Thomas Edison machine, the Kinetophone. These machines were Kinetoscope peepshow viewers mated with Thomas Edison wax cylinder phonographs. But the Kinetophone never caught on and this film was never released. The film still exists, but the phonograph soundtrack has been lost -- IMDB

Directed by William Dickson
Starring William Dickson
Cinematography William Heise
Music by Robert Planquette
Distributed by Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Running time
17 seconds
Country United States