History of film — This article is about the history of cinema. For other uses, see History of photography. Years in film 1870s 1880s 1890s … Wikipedia
19th century in film — See also: 1900 in film, list of years in film .Events*1832 Joseph Plateau (Belgium) and Simon von Stampfer (Vienna) introduced simultaneously a scientific demonstration device that creates an optical illusion of movement by mounting drawings on… … Wikipedia
Étienne-Jules Marey — around 1850. Étienne Jules Marey (5 March 1830, Beaune, Côte d Or – 21 May 1904, Paris) was a French scientist and chronophotographer. His work was significant in the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, cinematography… … Wikipedia
1880s in film — The decade of the 1880s in film involved some significant events. TOC Events*1880 American George Eastman begins to commercially manufacture dry plates for photography. *1880 Eadweard Muybridge holds a public demonstration of his Zoopraxiscope, a … Wikipedia
motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first … Universalium
Kinetoscope — The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. Though not a movie projector it was designed for films to be viewed individually through the window of a cabinet housing its components the Kinetoscope introduced the basic approach… … Wikipedia
Chronophotography — An example of chronophotography. Woman Walking Down Stairs, late 19th century. Photographed by Eadweard Muybridge. Chronophotography is an antique photographic technique from the Victorian era (beginning about 1867 68), which captures movement in … Wikipedia