He patented over 1,000 inventions, including the phonograph, the mimeograph and the kinetoscope, a forerunner of motion pictures. |
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This series of eleven short films filmed in kinetoscope represent the founding films of cinema. |
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Edison also developed the kinetograph: a camera capable of recording films compatible with the kinetoscope. |
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But as a whole, the diverse entries resemble a compact history of the moving image, from kinetoscope peep shows and grainy newsreel footage to quirky video art and glossy television commercials. |
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It was also accepted as fact that 30 seconds made for a good kinetoscope. |
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The world's first commercial motion picture exhibition was given in New York City in 1894, using Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope. |
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Projectors advertised to educational institutions were given impressive high-tech aliases such as the Stereopticon, Balopticon, Delineascope, or Kinetoscope. |
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