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August 31, 1897--Thomas Edison patented his movie camera, the Kinetograph. | Movie camera, Cinema camera, Vintage cameras
![Michael Beschloss on X: "Thomas Edison (here in later life) showed his 1st experimental motion picture today 1889: http://t.co/I01Q0yK5Ji" / X Michael Beschloss on X: "Thomas Edison (here in later life) showed his 1st experimental motion picture today 1889: http://t.co/I01Q0yK5Ji" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BV5dtqtIMAAMNm7.jpg)
Michael Beschloss on X: "Thomas Edison (here in later life) showed his 1st experimental motion picture today 1889: http://t.co/I01Q0yK5Ji" / X
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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
![HISTORY TV18 on X: "#DidYouKnow on #ThisDayInHistory Thomas Edison patented his first movie camera, called the kinetograph. He called the invention a “Kinetoscope,” using the Greek words “kineto” meaning “movement” and “scopos” HISTORY TV18 on X: "#DidYouKnow on #ThisDayInHistory Thomas Edison patented his first movie camera, called the kinetograph. He called the invention a “Kinetoscope,” using the Greek words “kineto” meaning “movement” and “scopos”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlSHRc-V4AEIIC2.jpg)
HISTORY TV18 on X: "#DidYouKnow on #ThisDayInHistory Thomas Edison patented his first movie camera, called the kinetograph. He called the invention a “Kinetoscope,” using the Greek words “kineto” meaning “movement” and “scopos”
![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)