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The X-Ray Fiend (1897) - Short Film

in The X-Ray Fiend | Posted on December 02, 2010 Runtime: 0:45

Watch the short film The X-Ray Fiend.

Comedy by G.A. Smith combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895, and Georges Méliès' accidental realisation of the special-effects potential of the jump-cut in 1896.