Art Photography in the 19th Century

The Kinetoscope was a motion picture projector invented in 1891 by Thomas A. Edison. The name Kinetoscope comes from the Greek words "kineto" meaning "movement" and "scopos" meaning "to watch". The Kinetoscope worked like this; there would be a strip of film that would pass very quickly between a lens and an electronic light bulb. While this was moving a person would view through a peephole. Behind the peephole would be a spinning wheel with a narrow slit that acted as a shutter, that slit would allow a very quick view of each of the 46 frames every second. The viewer would then see a person or object in motion.

I find this very interesting due to the fact that my husband an I are huge move lovers and he use to own a movie theater and to see how far we have come is just amazing. Though there are not to many difference in the old platter style projectors that he use to use at the theater and what Edison invented. What a great invention to be know for.

I hope you enjoy the videos I found on some of the earilest films as much as I did.

This video is the earliest surviving copywrighted motion picture. A sneeze made by WKL Dickson January 7, 1984.

Her are a series of kinetoscope films...