- Title: F-6941
- Summary: BIOGRAPHY OF THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA: RELATES THE HISTORY OF MAN'S EFFORT TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND REPRODUCE LIVING MOVEMENT. INCLUDES THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF MOVEMENT, INVOLVING TWENTY FOUR CAMERAS STATIONED AT INTERVALS ALONG A HORSES PATH, THOMAS EDISON'S WORK, AND LUMIERE'S COMMERCIAL PROJECTOR FOR LARGE AUDIENCES. THE HISTORY OF THE MOVIE CAMERA. MAN BLOCKS HIS HANDS TO PICTURE LANDSCAPE. ASSISTANT WITH LOTS OF EQUIPMENT ON HIS BACK. EARLY PHOTOGRAPHERS RECREATION. POSING IN STUDIO. DON'T MOVE. MOVES WOMAN'S HAND A LITTLE BIT FOR EACH PICTURE. BIOSCOPE. MOTION UNDERSTOOD. DOCTOR CHECKS WOMAN. TAKING PULSE. PUTS WEIRD INSTRUMENT ON WOMAN'S ARM. MARKS PULSE BEAT. MAN ON HORSE WITH MACHINE TO MAKE GRAPH OF HORSES GAIT. EARLY MACHINE. CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE IDEA THAT HORSE RESTS ON ONLY ONE LEG DURING GALLOP. PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENTS. DIAGRAMS. SOARING BIRD RECREATIONS OF EARLY EXPERIMENTS. COVERING CAMERA LENS. SPINNING SHUTTER. MAN DRESSED IN ODD OUTFIT. HOW MAN MOVES WHEN HE WALKS. FIRST BICYCLES. WOMAN WINDS CAMERA. MAN TURNS CRANK. BACKSTAGE MAN TURNS DOWN LARGE SWITCH TO MAKE STAGE LIGHTS GO UP. EARLY EDISON MACHINES. WOMAN WITH HEADPHONES LISTENS TO RECORDING IN PENNY ARCADE. MUSCLE MAN. MACHINE RUNNING. STRIPS OF FILM. TURNING WHEELS. INDIANS DANCE. MOVIOLA. ACROBAT JUMPS AROUND. MAN BENDS WITH STICK. ANNIE OAKLEY SHOOTS RIFLE. CATS BOX. CROWDS OF WOMEN LEAVE FACTORY. LUMIERE FACTORY. MAN LOOKS AT STRIP OF FILM. LUMIERE CAMERA PROJECTOR. ON TRIPOD. FEEDING BABY AT BREAKFAST. LUMIERE AND WIFE. FRENCH RESTAURANT SHOWS FILMS. LOADING CAMERA. MODERN MIRACLE. LIGHTS GO OFF. SHOWING FILM TO AUDIENCE. PEOPLE AT TRAIN STATION. FRENCH CAVALRY. HORSE RACE. ZOETROPE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1890
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1890s
- File Name: F-6941