what is the duration of this motion picture?
18 seconds.
The Kiss (1896 film)
Around 18 seconds long, it depicts a re-enactment of the kiss between May Irwin and John Rice from the final scene of the stage musical "The Widow Jones." 
what is kinetoscope? An early motion picture exhibition device. who invented it? William Kennedy Laurie Dickson. how does it work? It creates an illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images over a light source with a high-speed shutter. what was the first motion picture viewed by the public? Blacksmith Scene. who directed it? Dickson. what is the theme? UNANSWERABLE who produced it? Edison Manufacturing Company. can you name few other movies produced by them? The Kiss and The Great Train Robbery. when was the first one released? 1896.
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The Kiss (1896 film) [SEP] Introduction
The Kiss (also known as The May Irwin Kiss, The Rice-Irwin Kiss and The Widow Jones) is an 1896 film, and was one of the first films ever shown commercially to the public. Around 18 seconds long, it depicts a re-enactment of the kiss between May Irwin and John Rice from the final scene of the stage musical "The Widow Jones." The film was directed by William Heise for Thomas Edison. The film was produced in April 1896 at the Edison Studios of Edison, the first movie studio in the United States. At the time, Edison was working at the Black Maria studios in West Orange, New Jersey.