VIDEO TIMELINE

Davis Miller

The Zoopraxiscope

In the summer of 1879, Eadweard Muybridge invented the zoopraxiscope, the first devise to show motion

http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/muybridge_image_and_context/zoopraxography/

Cathode Rays

1897 the first cathode ray device was created by Karl Ferdinand Braun, a German scientist

http://pomo.cca.edu/~rsalazar/defunct/deliverables/contentorgenization.pdf

The Roundhay Garden Scene

In 1888, the Roundhay Garden Scene is the first film ever made using a motion picture camera. The film was directed by Louis Le Prince.

http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/roundhay-garden-scene-1888/

The Kinescope

June 1889 the Kinescope is invented by Thomas Edison and his assistants. The Kinescope was the first motion picture camera.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhist.html

The Lumiere Brothers

In 1895, the  Lumière brothers invented the world’s first video projector. They called it the Cinématographe.

http://www.earlycinema.com/pioneers/lumiere_bio.html

16mm Film

Kodak came out with 16mm film in 1923, to be a cheaper alternative to the 35mm format

https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/16_mm_film.html

8mm

In 1932, the 8mm camera, film, and projectors are created.

http://motion.kodak.com/motion/Products/Production/Spotlight_on_Super_8/Super_8mm_History/index.htm

BBC

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) becomes the world’s first television service in 1936

http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0151956.html

VCR

The first VCR (video cassette recorder) was invented in 1956 by the Ampex Company.

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/vcr.html

Reel-To-Reel

In 1963, Sony took Ampex’s VCR and expanded on it, creating the first reel-to-reel recorder.

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/vcr.html

U-Matic

The Sony U-Matic, created in 1970, was the first commercially- marketed VCR format for consumers’ use.

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/vcr.html

Camera Dolly

In 1907, Segundo de Chomón  invented the first camera dolly. This allowed people to move the camera.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/5-filmmaking-innovations2.htm

Iconoscope

The Iconoscope was one of the earliest camera tubes, or a devices that catch TV images, and was invented by Vladimir Zworykin in 1923

http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/museum/iconoscope.html

TV

On September 17, 1927, electronic TV was first successfully shown in San Francisco

http://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm

Steamboat Willie

In 1928, Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie was released. This was the first cartoon to ever have sound in it.

http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=89284

CBS

In 1928, the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) was founded.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/100876/CBS-Corporation

Colored Movies

The first full length colored movie was Becky Sharp in 1935

http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C00E1D61139E33ABC4C52DFB066838E629EDE

PBS

The Public Broadcasting System was founded in the year of 1970 for the first time.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/482306/Public-Broadcasting-Service-PBS

Digital Cameras

The first digital video camera was created by Steven Sasson in 1975

http://richannel.org/inventing-the-digital-camera

CNN

On June 1, 1980, CNN, or Cable News Network aired for the first time.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/87632/Cable-News-Network-CNN