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Phenakistiscope
he optical toy, the phenakistoscope, was an early animation device that used the persistence of vision principle to create an illusion of motion. It was invented by Joseph Plateau in 1841. The phenakistoscope used a spinning disc attached vertically to a handle. -
Invention of celluloid film
Some historians trace the invention of celluloid to English chemist Alexander Parkes, who in 1856 was granted the first of several patents on a plastic material that he called Parkesine. -
George Eastman introduces film made on a paper base instead of glass
In 1885, American inventor George Eastman introduces a film made on a paper base instead of glass, wound in a roll, eliminating the need for glass plates. -
First private screening
The first private screening of a motion picture "took place in Paris, at the "Society for the Development of the National Industry," in front of an audience of 200 people on March 22, 1895. -
First Movie Ever Made
In the late 1880’s various people began experimenting with photos, blending them together to give the illusion of a motion picture. But the technology and difficulty to capture that sort of video made motion pictures rare. -
First movie theater
The first theater in the world exclusively devoted to showing motion pictures was the Nickelodeon, which was opened on June 19, 1905, in Pittsburgh, Penn. -
The first animated cartoon is produced.
On August 17, 1908, the Gaumont company in Paris released Fantasmagorie, the world's first fully animated cartoon created by Emile Cohl in the traditional hand-drawn animation style.
