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First motion picture camera
The first motion picture camera was originally called the Kinetoscope .Edison began working on motion pictures after seeing a lecture by Eadweard Muybridge, who used his zoopraxiscope to simulate the motion of animals. They were first shown publicly in 1893 and the following year the first Edison films were exhibited commercially. -
First 3D Film
The first 3D feature film was Nat Deverich's 5-reel melodrama. It premiered at the Ambassador Hotel Theater, Los Angeles, on September 27, 1922. -
Warner Brothers
Studios began when the brothers incorporated their fledgling movie company on April 4, 1923. -
Sound on TVs
On 25 March 1925, Baird gave the first public demonstration of televised silhouette images in motion, at Selfridge's Department Store in London. -
Best actress
At the age of 20, Janet Gaynor, she turned in a superb performance as Anna Burger in The Johnston Flood. -
First Colored TV
Color television had its beginnings in the late 1940s alongside black and white television. It was not a commercially viable until the early 1950s. -
Television more popular than Movies
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First use of stop-motion animation
First stop-motion animation film was 1898's The Humpty Dumpty Circus, created by directors and producers J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith. -
VCR
The first VCR player was both inefficient and expensive. This video recorder used a rotating head design to record video and audio on magnetic tape, and the $50,000 price made it an unrealistic investment for most. -
First flat screen TV
The first flat plasma display panel (PDP) was invented by Donald Bitzer, Gene Slottow and Robert Willson. -
DVD
DVD (an abbreviation of "digital video disc") is a digital optical disc invented and developed by Philips and Sony. -
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