On this day in 1897 — 125 years ago — Thomas Edison received a patent for his movie camera, the Kinetograph - Frank Beacham's Journal
![Decline of the Edison Company | History of Edison Motion Pictures | Articles and Essays | Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies | Digital Collections | Library of Congress Decline of the Edison Company | History of Edison Motion Pictures | Articles and Essays | Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies | Digital Collections | Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/static/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/images/edad3sm.jpg)
Decline of the Edison Company | History of Edison Motion Pictures | Articles and Essays | Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Digitalduggu - Thomas Edison Patented the #Kinetoscope August 31, 1897 . When his assistant W.K.L. Dickson invented the motion picture viewer, Edison initially considered it an insignificant toy. However, it turned out
![Cat Videos From The Dog House: How Thomas Edison Helped Invent The Motion Picture Industry | GE News Cat Videos From The Dog House: How Thomas Edison Helped Invent The Motion Picture Industry | GE News](https://www.ge.com/news/sites/default/files/styles/full_header/public/Reports/2020-03/Edison-film.jpg?itok=AqtMX2m3)
Cat Videos From The Dog House: How Thomas Edison Helped Invent The Motion Picture Industry | GE News
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
![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
![HISTORY TV18 on Twitter: "#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 Twitter: "#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)