How important is it to be first? My wife and I recently returned from a trip to the East Coast and England (old England, the first one, not "New England"). While on the East Coast, we decided to stop off at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange which houses Edison's laboratory complex where he developed numerous inventions including his filament light bulb … [Read more...]
The Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Broken wax cylinder containing the 'first' film soundtrack circa 1894-1895 In 'broken' month I wanted to find out a little more about what's being done to fix (and preserve) some of the broken pieces of film history. The story of the Dickson Experimental Sound Film (link to view at the end of the article) seemed to be a good way into the subject and I am indebted to Ken … [Read more...]