history of motion picture

By amaya jordan
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    history of motion picture 1826-1827

    Joseph Nicéphore Niépce 1827 First still photograph taken

  • 1832 Joseph Plateau

    1832 Joseph Plateau
    1832 Joseph Plateau and sons introduce the Phenakistoscope.

  • 1834 William George Horner

    1834 William George Horner
    1834 Another illusion toy - the Zoetrope was introduced by William George Horner

  • 1877 Emile Reynaud

    1877 Emile Reynaud
    1877 Emile Reynaud introduces the Praxinoscope

  • 1878 Eadweard Muybridge

    1878 Eadweard Muybridge
    1878 Eadweard Muybridge achieves success after five years of trying to capture movement

  • 1885 George Eastman and William H. Walker

    1885 George Eastman and William H. Walker
    In 1885, two men named George Eastman and William H. Walker developed the very first reel of film.

  • 1891, Edison and Dickson

    1891, Edison and Dickson
    1891, Edison and Dickson have their Kinetograph camera and Kinetoscope viewing box ready for patenting and demonstration.

  • 1895 Dorothea Lange

    1895 Dorothea Lange
    1895 Dorothea Lange One of the most famous film screenings in history took place on

  • 1896 Edison and Thomas Armat's Vitascope

    1896 Edison and Thomas Armat's Vitascope
    1896 The first public showing of a motion picture to a paying audience occurs on 23 April in New York,featuring Edison and Thomas Armat's Vitascope

  • 1915 Julia Crawford

    1915 Julia Crawford
    1915 American director Julia Crawford Ivers becomes the first woman general manager of a Hollywood studio, Bosworth, Inc.