Thomas Edison - The kinetograph was one of the first motion pictures cameras, invented by #ThomasEdison. Although our cameras today can shoot in much higher quality with 4k and HD, the magic
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Cat Videos From The Dog House: How Thomas Edison Helped Invent The Motion Picture Industry | GE News
![George Eastman (left) and Thomas Edison with motion picture camera at Eastman's house in Rochester, New York, where a demonstration of the new Kodacolor film was being held] | Library of Congress George Eastman (left) and Thomas Edison with motion picture camera at Eastman's house in Rochester, New York, where a demonstration of the new Kodacolor film was being held] | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ds/13000/13079v.jpg)
George Eastman (left) and Thomas Edison with motion picture camera at Eastman's house in Rochester, New York, where a demonstration of the new Kodacolor film was being held] | Library of Congress
![George Eastman (left) and Thomas Edison with motion picture camera at Eastman's house in Rochester, New York, where a demonstration of the new Kodacolor film was being held] | Library of Congress George Eastman (left) and Thomas Edison with motion picture camera at Eastman's house in Rochester, New York, where a demonstration of the new Kodacolor film was being held] | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3c10000/3c14000/3c14700/3c14757v.jpg)
George Eastman (left) and Thomas Edison with motion picture camera at Eastman's house in Rochester, New York, where a demonstration of the new Kodacolor film was being held] | Library of Congress
![Michael Beschloss on Twitter: "Thomas Edison (here in later life) showed his 1st experimental motion picture today 1889: http://t.co/I01Q0yK5Ji" / Twitter Michael Beschloss on Twitter: "Thomas Edison (here in later life) showed his 1st experimental motion picture today 1889: http://t.co/I01Q0yK5Ji" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BV5dtqtIMAAMNm7.jpg)
Michael Beschloss on Twitter: "Thomas Edison (here in later life) showed his 1st experimental motion picture today 1889: http://t.co/I01Q0yK5Ji" / Twitter
On this day in 1897 — 124 years ago — Thomas Edison received a patent for his movie camera, the Kinetograph - Frank Beacham's Journal
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