Edison Kinetoscopic records Fred Ott’s sneeze 120 years ago today (Jan 7 1894)

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Video: 'Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, Jan. 7, 1894'


(Sunday, January 7, 1894) — One of the earliest motion picture experiments took place today at the Thomas Edison studio in West Orange, New Jersey, as Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (a.k.a. Fred Ott’s Sneeze) was filmed taking a pinch of snuff and sneezing.