Buffalo Dance (Edison, 1894)

[doox420]

The Grouse Dance

[marighelli]

wow!!!

[MrRicardoSpears]

It was actually the Lumiere brothers before Thomas Edison with their new-technology cinematographe machine, and before that was Emile Reynaud with his primitive praxiniscope theatre that he adapted to show long frames of movement (up to 700 frames) to a large audience. It's just that Edison had a very effective way of marketing himself so much so that we're still talking about him, and almost forgetting the true pioneers of moving media.

[kyotoair]

goodbye horses.................

[sanstache1]

If there were sound, you would here a gong then "next!"

[CorLivingIt]

when does this come out on blue ray?

[jbw470]

'So you think you can dance?' 1894 edition.

[teklaterra]

comicfigure "obelix" say "guru guru" ...no dogs, obelix like to eat wildboar ...

..."spricket-24" just like yesterday - youtube is really up-to-date :)

[ShareTheSphere]

That would not stand a chance on America´s got talent.

[mike05005]

yeah..just imagine this...Without Edison Works, NO YOUTUBE!!

[lumpyroc]

@mike05005 EHHHH......tesla

[liten48]

wow 1894 indain wars time

[Ziplock74]

the world's first porno?

[elektrobin]

you're right.... it's sad...

[appleyestoforhead]

The Native American way of life was amazing, but this video is sad in that it shows how european whiskey technology, disease technology, gunpowder, and outnumber technology just fucked it all up.

[jeffw1267]

Great show! Firewater all around!

[PoutinePete]

I think the story line was a bit thin and the character development was weak at best...

but the musical number was just fabulous!

[DarkMithras666]

if def should have gone through a couple of rewrites. It didn't even define the protagonist.

Maybe Lucas will buy the film and ad an extra 2 hours cgi actrion footage.

[dmbfan07cb]

lol

[JacktheSmack]

Watching this back then was like watching the Matrix in 1998.

[MutedProphet]

LOL

[HipHop4alivin]

This is actually a movie

[pso777atlantika]

just goes to show you that a white man wouldn't knw a buffalo dance if it walked up and pecked his dick off!

The men there are making fun of the camera man by acting like chickens.

[boohiss3]

So, is it the point to dance *like* a buffalo, or to dance *for* the buffalo? Because I don't see either happening, honestly.

[DavNav88]

You could say the same thing about the chicken dance... but let's not go there.

[englishman10000]

actually this is not a buffalo dance but they are dancing mimicking the prairie chicken, who feats upon the dead after a battle.

[MizzPrettyPrettyGyal]

tell em!

[JudgeJulieLit]

@englishman10000 This Native / Paleo American dance of the prairie chicken may be the origin of (soon after) popular mainstream US American human dances mimicking animal moves, such as the WW1 era

"Grizzly Bear," the Funky Chicken, and the 1960s Bird (as done by Ann Margret & co. in "Bye Bye Birdie"), Mouse and Monkey.

[Vyggy]

It was OK by todays standards. Five stars back in 1900, I would say.

[heartsineurope]

well im guessing 10 stars in 1894.. think about it this was new tech back then.. a revolution!