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          Annie Oakley as Self (uncredited) Background The film is most notable for being Annie Oakley's first appearance on film.

        1. Annie Oakley as Self (uncredited) Background The film is most notable for being Annie Oakley's first appearance on film.
        2. In Annie Oakley helped Thomas Edison with an experiment.
        3. Filmed in action by Thomas Edison.
        4. Annie Oakley excelled in a man's world by doing what she loved, and won fame and fortune as the little lady from Ohio who never missed a shot.
        5. Business and in life," says Bess Edwards, Grand-Niece of Annie Oakley.

          6. Filmed in action by Thomas Edison..

          Annie Oakley (1894 film)

          1894 film

          Annie Oakley is an 1894 American black-and-whitesilent film from Edison Studios, produced by William K. L. Dickson with William Heise as cinematographer.

          Synopsis

          The film shows Oakley performing trick shooting as she was known for in her live shows. The first scene is of Oakley shooting her Marlin 91.22 caliber rifle 25 times in 27 seconds.

          This video features footage of Annie Oakley showing off her skills with a repeater rifle, a bucking bronco display.

          There is also a scene of her shooting composition balls in the air.[1] The man assisting her is likely her husband, Frank E. Butler. Both were veterans of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.[2]: 201–202, 262 

          Background

          The film is most notable for being Annie Oakley's first appearance on film.

          Thomas Edison had wanted to see if his kinetoscope could capture the smoke from a rifle,[3] so he employed Oakley to film some of her shooting.[4]: 66  In 1894, kinetoscopes were installed in 60 locations in major cities aroun