Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with man throwing ball
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with man fencing
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with butterflies and roses
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with dairymaid churning butter
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with dandy walking
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with woman hitting man on head
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with man backflipping through hoop
Phenakistoscope c.1870, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century magic lantern slide with devil biting a man's nose
Magic lantern slides, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with rats emerging from holes
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century magic lantern slide with demon beating a drum
Magic lantern slides, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with Roman goddess Abundantia bearing cornucopia
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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EVENT CAPSULE REPORTER/CHYRON: The Invention Of Lying Premiere, Hollywood, CA, United States, 09/21/09
EVENT CAPSULE REPORTER/CHYRON: The Invention Of Lying Premiere, Hollywood, CA, United States, 09/21/09 (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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EVENT CAPSULE CLEAN: The Invention Of Lying Premiere, Hollywood, CA, United States, 09/21/09
EVENT CAPSULE CLEAN: The Invention Of Lying Premiere, Hollywood, CA, United States, 09/21/09 (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Invention of Lying BAFTA Screening
Christian Cooke at the Invention of Lying BAFTA Screening at London England. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Invention of Lying BAFTA Screening
Terry Jones at the Invention of Lying BAFTA Screening at London England. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Invention of Lying BAFTA Screening
Terry Jones at the Invention of Lying BAFTA Screening at London England. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Invention of Lying BAFTA Screening
Ricky Gervais at the Invention of Lying BAFTA Screening at London England. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Color television is patented
Title: "Washington - The Story of a Patent (No 2,692,532)" / street scenes of Washington DC outside the Patent Office / engraving over Patent Office door / CU engraving / interiors of patent office, people at rows of long desks / man...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Inventors demonstrate solar battery
Title card: "Battery Powered by the Sun" / miniature Ferris wheel powered by a lamp aimed at a solar battery / CU battery / inventors - physicist Gerald Pearson, engineer Daryl Chapin and Calvin Fuller, chemist / demonstration of how...