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Optical Toys
Phenakistiscope, Zoetrope, Zoopraxiscope -
Phenakistoscope Invention
Disk with images painted between slots, spun around to create the illusion of movement -
Zoetrope Invention
The Zoetrope was in a cylindrical shape and had slits in the middle with pictures painted on the insides and when spun, the pictures appeared to be moving. -
Leland Stanford's Bet
California governor, Leland Stanford bets $25,000 that when horses are racing, all of their legs come off of the ground and they become airborn. -
Eadward Muybridge invents Zoopraxiscope
The Zoopraxiscope is a projector invented by Eadward Muybridge, with a sequence of photos painted around the edges. -
First Celluloid film
George Eastman, of Eastman Kodak Corp., developed the first hand-held camera with transparent film -
First Hand-held Box Camera
Geaorge Eastman invented the first handheld box camera along with transparent film. -
Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope
Thomas Edison created the lightbulb and the phonograph, but in 1891 he created a Kinetoscope, a projector with films that only lasted 20 seconds on a continuous loop. -
Black Maria
The black Maria is the first motion picture studio made of tar paper with a hole in the ceiling. -
1st Kinetoscope Parlor
People come here to see images "moving' through the kinetoscopes. -
Fred Ott's Sneeze
The first movie ever made. -
Lumiere Bros. 1st Public Screening
1st public film screening using a cinematograph. -
A Trip to the Moon
Combined his magic with his films, using stop-motion and special effects. -
The Great Train Robbery
Edwin S. Porter's first film, The Great Train Robbery, a story with two separate narrative plots, the first stunt, and someone shooting a gun directly at the camera.
