Newark Athlete

Newark Athlete
Directed by	William Dickson
Produced by	William Dickson
Studio	Edison's Black Maria
Distributed by	Edison Studios
Release date(s)	1891 (1891)
Running time	roughly 10 seconds
Country	United States
Language	silent

Newark Athlete is a short film directed and produced by William Dickson. The film, roughly ten seconds in length, displays a young athlete swinging Indian clubs. It was filmed in May or June in 1891, in Edison's Black Maria studio.^[1] It could 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.

References

1. ^ [1], Library of Congress.

External links

• View the film on Youtube
• Newark Athlete on Internet Movie Database