History of Video Production

Reagan Sandford

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In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge took the first successful pictures of motion,

showing how things move.

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Etienne Marey develops a camera that can take

12 pictures per second in 1882.

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In 1888, Eastman introduces the lightweight Kodak camera using film on

rollers.

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Thomas Edison built the first motion picture studio in

New Jersey in 1893.

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In 1894, Coin-operated Kinetoscopes appeared in a New York City amusement

arcade.

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The cinema opened in December of 1895 when the film "The arrival of the train at La Ciotat” was shown for the first time.

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The first television camera was invented in 1897.

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In 1902, Henry Miles set up the first film exchange, which allowed people to rent

films instead of buy them.

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In 1905, the first nickelodeon opens the in Pittsburgh.

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In 1910, studios begin distributing publicity stills of actors.

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In 1911, credits appear with motion pictures.

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A court rejects the trusts claimto control the patents to a

camera in 1912.

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In 1915, The Fox Film Corporation is founded, combining motion picture

production, distribution, and theaters. Created by William Fox.

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In 1934, The Warner Brothers became the first studio to shut down their

German distribution office.

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In 1941, the first television station began broadcasting.

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On October 19, 1956, the first video tape recorders were invented.

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The early version video camera and video cassette recorders were invented

in 1972.

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VCRs switched to cassette format in later years. The VHS format was invented by

JVC in 1976.

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Hitachi introduced the digital video cassette format in the 1990s. This

allowed higher quality videos.

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In 2006 the Blu-Ray Disc was invented

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