Motion picture history

motion picture history

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  • thomas edison staff develop a motion picture camera

    thomas edison staff develop a motion picture camera

    Thomas Edison's assistant, W.K.L. Dickson, begins devoting himself to the "motion picture project". He and his staff develop a horizontal-feed motion picture camera.
  • Thomas edison names his camera

    Thomas edison names his camera

    Edison calls his motion picture camera a kinetograph, and his peephole-viewing device a kinetoscope.
  • Thomas edison creates the basis for todays 35mm commercial film.gauge

    Thomas edison creates the basis for todays 35mm commercial film.gauge

    this is the year when thomas edison first creates the 35mm commercial film
  • thomas edison creates a film studio on the grounds of his labortories in new jersey

    thomas edison creates a film studio on the grounds of his labortories in new jersey

    they build a film studio that they named the black maria that was a slang term at the time for the police patrol wagon in that time.
  • The holland brothers open the first kintescope parlor

    The holland brothers open the first kintescope parlor

    In one year they got a income of over 15,000 dollars.
  • Thomas edisons kintoscope and film sales made more then 176,000 dollars.

    Thomas edisons kintoscope and film sales made more then 176,000 dollars.

    They made that much money in 1 year just from selling kintoscopes that they sold and the film.

  • charles raff and frank buy the armat on the behalf of thomas edioson

    he bought them so that he could sell exclusive vitascopes exhibition rights for certain people

  • The american mutoscope company eventualy started selling and making there own films

    They soon became the foremost motion picture company in the whole us.

  • The uss maine ship sunk in the harbor that was known as havanna harbor

    Edison files an infringement case aganist the company that was know as the biograph company