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A New Jersey man was antiquing in Pennsylvania when he bought a collection of photos, letters and scrapbooks that belonged to a man named Eugene Lauste. The seller said Lauste, a relative, played an important role in early filmmaking.
Most compelling in this collection was a rolled strip of film with small images on the right and odd zebra stripes on the left.
In the scrapbook he also found an article from 1928 featuring a photo of a similar film strip with the caption, “The First Talking Picture: A section of a talking picture made in 1913 by Eugene Lauste.”
Could this film be a piece of the first talking picture? History Detectives delves into the early world of movie making, consulting with film historians, experts and technicians, to find the answer.
Lauste Film Images
When Eugene Lauste left the Edison lab, he moved to London, where he built his revolutionary sound and film camera. Here are some images from that time.
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