Milan Gallery

Edison's Kinetophone

1912: Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) was a prolific inventor and physicist who was born in Milan, Ohio. He invented the kinetoscope in 1891 and in 1912 produced the first talking motion pictures. This is the equipment within the building in which he made his films. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gothic spires on the facade of the Milan Cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo at dusk, Milan

Gothic spires on the facade of the Milan Cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo at dusk, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

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Ballet - Rudolf Nureyev - Heathrow Airport - London

Rudolf Nureyev, the ballet dancer, was well protected from the winter weather and the fuel shortage when he left London Airport. He is seen at Heathrow wearing a fake fur cap, leather coat and knee-length boots, with a scarf round his neck. He weas flying to Paris for a ballet rehearsal; then he goes to Milan for a ballet appearance

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