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Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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[Newark Athlete]
Also known as [Club Swinger, No. 1], [Indian Club Swinger], [Newark Athlete (With Indian Clubs)]
(1891) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise
Cast: [a single athlete].
Edison Manufacturing Company production. / Cinematography by W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise. / No copyright registration. / The production was shot circa May-June 1891 in the Edison Laboratory Photographic Building in West Orange, New Jersey, on an experimental horizontal-feed camera with a round aperture and 3/4 inch (19mm) wide film with a single edge row of sprocket perforations. The film was listed in the National Film Registry in 2010.
Performance: Athletics.
Synopsis: A view of a young athlete is seen in full-figure swinging indian clubs.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (Gordon Hendricks collection) [35mm preservation positive, 35mm reference positive (FEB 9908), 35mm viewing positive (FEC 8059)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Juggling: Jugglers
Listing updated: 18 March 2012.
References: Film viewing : Musser-Before p. 31; Musser-Emerge p. 71 : Website-LoC.
Home video: DVD.
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