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History about Motion Pictures

Period: Oct 19, 1867 to Oct 20, 1965

The zoopraxiscope was first machine patented in the U.S

Oct 20, 1867

The first machine patented in the United States that showed animated pictures or movies was a device called the "wheel of life" or "zoopraxiscope in 1867.

First portable-motion-picture camera

Oct 21, 1887

A portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit, and projector called the Cinematographe, basically a device with three functions in one in 1887

Lumiere's invention

Oct 21, 1892

The Cinematographe made motion pictures very popular. It can even be said that Lumiere's invention gave birth to the motion picture era in 1892

Lumiere and his brother

Oct 21, 1895

In 1895, Lumiere and his brother were the first to demonstrate photographic moving pictures projected onto a screen for a paying audience of more than one person.

Pantopticon Rivals The Kinetoscope

Oct 21, 1895

“Pantopticon Rivals the Kinetoscope” read the headline over a small report in theNew York Times on April 22, 1895.7.

Mickey's Official Birthday

Oct 21, 1928

.Mickey Mouse's official birthday is November 18, 1928 when he made his first film debut in Steamboat Willie

First Cartoon

Oct 21, 1928

However, the first Mickey Mouse Cartoon ever made was Plane Crazy in 1928,

First commerical

Oct 21, 1965

.In 1965, the first commercial transparent roll film, perfected by Eastman and his research chemist, was put on the market