First Kiss Ever Filmed (VIDEO)

First Posted: 02/23/2012 12:40 pm Updated: 07/05/2012 7:44 pm

Thomas Edison is not merely the inventor of the motion picture camera, he's also the first guy to film a lip-lock and broadcast it to the world.

Since then, on camera kisses have gone to new heights. From the The Cutting Edge to Planet of the Apes we've rounded up the best movie make-outs in history.

See how many of these films you can name solely from the kissing scenes.

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The 1945 issue of Life that published this Alfred Eisenstaedt photo read: "In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers." That white-clad girl was apparently Edith Shain, a nurse who went to Times Square to join in celebrating Japan's surrender and the eventual end of World War II.
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07:43 PM on 03/11/2012
After watching Hugo and realizing that Thomas Edison is really the cause of George Melies's downfall...he kinda pisses me of. But thanks for the lightbulb man, for real.
02:11 PM on 02/28/2012
More to the point is how quickly motion pictures were used to make pornography. The answer is almost immediately, and that includes gay pornography. Human nature never changes.
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Jason Wolfe
The American Dream is the opium of the people.
01:45 PM on 02/28/2012
Watch out Paris Hilton, the Thomas Edison sex tape has arrived.
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plages
Take a plunge
01:24 PM on 02/28/2012
A kiss is just a kiss, and since then, its been down hill from that first smack!
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nherent
Subversivist.
01:07 PM on 02/28/2012
I'm still waiting for the Christian fundamentalists trying to have this censored or banned.
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american-dolt
Divide and Conquer
12:55 PM on 02/28/2012
Edison, 1st Pornographer, owwweee that was hot.
MarkInTexas
Moderate is the new liberal.
12:49 PM on 02/28/2012
Get a room!
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henrypapillon
Put a Psychiatrist in every NRA meeting.
12:19 PM on 02/28/2012
First V-J Kiss. How about first VJJ kiss?
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newworldman777
What would our future 7th generation think of us?
12:08 PM on 02/28/2012
It's on the same level with Fred Ott's sneeze. (Google it)

I wish that they had filmed one of the local folks who was 97 years old or older. How cool would it be to see a motion picture of someone who had been born in the 18th century, when George Washington was still alive?
11:41 AM on 02/28/2012
"Take your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!"
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11:36 AM on 02/28/2012
I like the riot couple! That's awesome!
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HekmagaJuximaxx
Shish Kebab, anyone?
11:38 AM on 02/28/2012
Wow! That's one. Keep 'em coming!
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01:20 PM on 02/28/2012
Uh hello no one is complaining here about the pictures and my comment is my opinion not for you to judge there is nothing wrong with seeing a happy couple amungst hate.
11:18 AM on 02/28/2012
Now let's wait for all the ridiculous comments of people complaining about this pic being published to roll in. LOL
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HekmagaJuximaxx
Shish Kebab, anyone?
11:33 AM on 02/28/2012
Still waiting for all those ridiculous comments....hello...anybody there?