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phenakistoscope was introduced by joseph plateau
In 1832, Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau and his sons introduced the phenakistoscope ("spindle viewer"). -
Zoetrope was invented by william george horner
The zoetrope was invented in 1834 by William Horner, who originally called it a Daedalum ("wheel of the Devil"). -
leland stanfords bet
When a horse is running or trotting, do all four hooves ever leave the ground at the same time? That was the wager that the former Governor of California, Leland Stanford had with some of his friends. -
thomas edison bulids the Kinetoscope
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eadward muybridge invented zoopraxiscope
This device built on a long global history of interest in image projection dating back to Plato, the Han dynasty and the Ancient Egyptians. -
george eastman introduced the first hand-held box camera
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black maria
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dickson invented kinetograpgh
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fred ott's sneeze was made in edison's "Black Maria"
was one of the first series of short films made by Dickson for the Kinetoscope in Edison's Black Maria studio with fellow assistant Fred Ott. -
the first kinetoscope parlor opened in new york
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Dickson Experimental Sound Film
first known film with live-recorded sound and appears to be the first example of a motion picture made for the Kinetophone -
The Lumirere brothers have the worlds first public flim screening
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A trip to the moon
The film portrays members of the Astronomers' Club, dispatched on an expedition to the moon. -
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first movie in color
as the previous record-holder dated back to 1909. These test videos are thought to have been shot in 1902, using a process patented by London's Edward Raymond Turner in 1899.
