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Phenakistiscope introduced
The Phenakistiscope was an optical toy that showed moving figures when spinning it infront of a mirror. -
Zoetrope
The Zoetrope is similar to the Phenakistiascope but instead of a disk its on a cylander looking into a lamp like object -
Leland Stanford's Bet
In 1878 Leland Stanford made a bet with his friends that at a moment in time all four hooves on a horse are off the ground. -
Zoopraxiscope
The zoopraxiscope was a very early projector, it would project slides onto another flat surface -
First Hand-Held camera
George Eastman introduced the first hand-held camera that was cheap enough for the common household, Company later became Kodiac -
Kinetoscope
In 1891 Thomas Edison build the first kinetoscope that was invented by one of his employees, W. K. L. Dickson -
Black Maria
In the year 1893 the very first Motion Picture studio was built by Thomas Edison in New Jersey -
First Kinetoscope Parlor
In the year 1894 the first Kinetoscope parlor opened and for about two years it was very profitible -
Fred Otts Sneeze
Was a short film about a man sneezing which was about seven seconds long. First copyrighted film in the USA. -
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Novelty Peroid
The peroid where cinima was novel to people. Very new to the public to see other things. -
Worlds first public film screening
On December 28, 1895, the Lumiere Brothers showed the worlds first public film screening in basement lounge of the Grand Cafe in Paris -
A trip to the Moon
A trip to the Moon was made by George Melies, known as the Cinima magician. Was the first Sci-Fy film, using stop-motion and special effects -
The Great Train Robbery
THe Great Train Robbery was a film with the first real storyline. Edited by using Parrallel editing system. It was a narrative story with two story lines going on at the same time. -
Character Psychology
Character Psychology wasnt apart of most early films but now the films started to have character actions motivated, instead of just slapstick and melodrama. -
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel was an activist to get films to include creditadions to those who worked on the film itself.
