motion picture history By 22makibl Sep 28, 1890 thomas edisons assistant begins devoting him to the "motion picture project" citation Sep 28, 1891 Edison calls his motion picture camera a kinetograph, and his peephole-viewing device a kinetoscope. citation Sep 28, 1892 edison’s use of 1 1 / 2 - inch film in his vertical-feed motion picture camera establishes the basis for today's standard 35mm commercial film gauge. citation Sep 29, 1893 Edison builds a film studio on the grounds of his laboratories in New Jersey to produce films citation Sep 29, 1894 The Holland brothers open the first kinetoscope parlor in New York City on April 14 citation Sep 29, 1896 Edison showed his improved Vitascope projector and it was the first commercially, successful, projector in the U.S. citation Sep 29, 1896 In Germany, Oskar Messter had been involved in film-making from citation Sep 29, 1897 thomas edison invented the motion picture camera citation
