Buffalo Dance is an 1894

1894 in film

-Events:* January 7 - William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.* January 7 - Thomas Edison films his assistant, Fred Ott sneezing with the Kinetoscope at the "Black Maria."...

 American

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 16-second black-and-white silent film shot in Thomas Edison's

Thomas Edison

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 Black Maria

Edison's Black Maria

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 studio. The film was made at the same time as Edison's Sioux Ghost Dance. It is one of the earliest films made featuring Native Americans. In this film, produced by William K. L. Dickson with William Heise

William Heise

William Heise was an American film director, active in the 1890s. He 'directed' The Kiss, a 1896 short film that depicted a kiss between May Irwin and John Rice....

 as cinematographer, three Sioux

Sioux

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 warriors named Hair Coat, Parts His Hair and Last Horse dance in a circle and two other Native Americans

Native Americans in the United States

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 sit behind them and accompany them with drums. According to the Edison catalog, the actors were "genuine Sioux Indians, in full war paint and war costumes." They were also apparently veterans of Buffalo Bill Cody's

Buffalo Bill

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 Wild West Show.

Production

According to the Internet Movie Database

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 the film was made in 35 mm with an aspect ratio of 1.33 : 1. The movie was intended to be displayed with a Kinetoscope

Kinetoscope

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External links

• Sioux Buffalo Dance at Youtube
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