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In 1888, Thomas Alva Edison invented the phonograph. This would later be built off of by Dickson, a young labatory assisstant, who was hired by Edison in order to continue his work.
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The Kinetoscope, invented by Dickson, was first created and marketed in 1894. A kinetoscope is an individual viewing device with a 47 foot long film that ran on spools between an incandescant lamp and a shutter.
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The Lumiere brothers developed the very first projector in 1895. It functioned as a printer and camera, as well as a projector. It ran 16 framed per second
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The vitascope was first demonstrated publicly at Kosher and Bial's music hall in New York City.This breakthrough encouraged the activity of Edison's rivals.
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Edison was persuaded to buy the rights to a projector that was developed orignally by Thomas Armat, of Washington D.C.This projector incorporated a loop-forming device known as Latham loop. Edison began to market this product as his own invention.
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Le Voyage Dans La Lune (mainly through piracy) was the first film to reach international distribution in 1903.
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The times have changed since the vitascope showing, as the first VCR tape was released in America.
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TIme skip to the 1980s, and the future of movie making is here, The first ever camcorder was invented by Jerome H Lemelson. This hand-held camera idea was at first considered impossible and turned down by many, but it's a good thing that Lemelson stuck to his beliefs.
