The History of motion pictures By kiyari123 Jan 1, 1890 W.K.L dickson started working on a motion picture camera. Thomas Edison's assistant W.K.L dickson started working on the motion picture project and made the horrizontal feed motion picture camera. Period: Jan 16, 1890 to Jan 16, 1899 The history of movies Jan 1, 1891 Edison calls his motioin picture the Kinetograph. Jan 1, 1893 Edison builds a film studio called The Black Maria Apr 14, 1894 The Holland brothers open the first kinetoscope theater in nyc. Apr 1, 1895 Edison's film and kinetoscope sales exceed $177,000 Jan 1, 1897 In Paris a fire breaks out at the Bazar de la Charité's temporary cinema killing 121 people Jan 1, 1898 USS Maine in Havana Harbor sinks Jan 1, 1899 Vaudeville theatres establish permanent relations with motion picture exhibition services
