Thomas Edison was a connoisseur of strange short films, in addition to inventing the light bulb. The footage—one of Edison’s firsts—is considered the first cat video ever recorded.
Source: Atlas Obscura, June 19, 2017.
After inventing the kinetoscope, an early version of the film camera, Edison began to test the technology by recording a series of bizarre films.
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