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Leland Stanford's Bet
Leland Stanford made a bet with his friends of $25,000 that all four legs of a horse come off of the ground while they run. He won! -
George Eastman's First Handheld Camera
George Eastman creates first hand - held box cameras. -
Kinetoscope Invented
Edison Kinetoscope Films
Thomas Edison creates Kinetoscope/ Peep - Hole viewer. Drop a penny, turn the crank, then look through. -
First Motion Picture Studio "Black Maria"
Black Maria Studio
Edison builds first motion picture studio in New Jersey. -
Kinetoscope Parlor
First Kinetoscope parlor opened in New York. Popular for about two years. -
First Film from "Black Maria"
'Fred Ott's Sneeze' was the 1rst copyrighted film in the U.S.A -
The Lumiere Brothers First Public Screening
The Lumiere Brothers have first public screening of film. -
Phenakistiscope
Was Introduced. -
The Zoetrope
Based on Phenakistiscope, but cylindrical shape. -
Zoopraxiscope Projector
One of very first projector. Used light and glass disk. Eadward Muybridge. -
"The Great White Way"
With the arrival of electricity, Broadway set out white lights stretching from 13th to 46th Street in New York City, inspiring the nickname "the Great White Way." -
President on Camera
The 25th US president , William McKinley, was the first US president to be extensively photographed and captured on film. -
A Trip to The Moon
A Trip to the Moon is released -
"Fire"
In England James Williamson releases the film, "Fire", which is the first movie to meaningfully combine indoor studio scenes with outdoor shots. -
The Great Train Robbery
First Story Film and was used the Parallel Editing.
