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first photograph
The First Photograph, or more specifically, the earliest known surviving photograph made in a camera, was taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827 -
Phenakistiscope was introduced
In 1832, Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau and his sons introduced the phenakistoscope ("spindle viewer"). -
Zoetrope was invented
The basic drum-like form of the zoetrope was created in 1833 or 1834 by British mathematician William George Horner -
leland stanfords bet
Stanford offered Eadweard Muybridge, a world-famous photographer of landscapes $25,000 to find the answer if a horse floats when it runs. -
Eadward Muybridge invented zoopraxiscope
invented by British photographer Eadweard Muybridge and first shown in 1879, was a primitive version of later motion picture devices which worked by showing a sequence of still photographs in rapid succession. -
George Eastman introduced the first hand-held box camera
George Eastman invented the Kodak camera, helping make photography accessible to the public. His company remains one of the largest in the industry. -
Kinetoscope invented
Thomas Edison Patented the Kinetoscope. When his assistant W.K.L. Dickson invented the motion picture viewer, Edison considered it an insignificant toy. However, it turned out to be an success. -
black maria
The Black Maria was Thomas Edison's movie production studio in West Orange, New Jersey. It is referred to as America's First Movie Studio. -
First kinetoscope parlor opened in New York
The first public kinetoscope parlor was opened in New York City in 1894 and introduced the basic approach that would become the standard for all cinematic projection before the advent of video. The venue had ten machines, each showing a different short movie. -
Fred Ott’s Sneeze was made in Edison’s “Black Maria”
Fred Ott's Sneeze is an 1894 American, short, black-and-white, silent documentary film shot by William K.L. Dickson and starring Fred Ott. It was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States. -
The Lumiere brothers have the world’s first public film screening
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first fim ever made
This footage of the "Arrival of a Train" is one of the most enduring images of the earliest years of cinema. -
A Trip to The Moon is released
A Trip to the Moon is a 1902 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. -
a trip too the moon made in color
From September through December 1902, a hand-colored print of A Trip to the Moon was screened at Méliès's Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris. -
The Great Train Robbery is filmed
One of the milestones in film history was the first narrative film, The Great Train Robbery
