Monkeyshines is a series of experimental short silent films made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope, and are believed to be the first films shot in the United States.
[1] Both men were fellow lab workers at the company; contradictory evidence exists for each claim.
These films were intended to be internal tests of the new camera system, and were not created for commercial use; their rise to prominence resulted much later due to work by film historians.
All three films show a blurry figure in white standing in one place making large gestures and are only a few seconds long.
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