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British photographer Eadweard Muybridge takes the first successful photographs of motion
British photographer Eadweard Muybridge takes the first successful photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move. -
Etienne Marey in France develops a camera, shaped like a gun
Etienne Marey in France develops a camera, shaped like a gun, that can take twelve pictures per second. -
Eastman Kodak developed films in its own processing plants,
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Thomas Edison and W.K. Dickson develop the Kinetoscope
Thomas Edison and W.K. Dickson develop the Kinetoscope, a peep-show device in which film is moved past a light. -
Coin-operated Kinetoscopes appear in a New York City amusement arcade.
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The Lumière brothers shot a scene from the back of a train in 1896.
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Georges Méliès built one of the first film studios
British photographer Eadweard Muybridge takes the first successful photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move. -
The first rotating camera for taking panning shots was built by Robert W. Paul in 1897
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Edison files the first of many patent infringement suits, claiming that others are using equipment based on his Kinetograph camera.
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Harry Davis opens the first nickelodeon in Pittsburgh.
