After serial photography became a thing, it wasn't long before motion pictures started to develop. And, at the front of that development was Thomas Edison, who you may know as an inventor and business person. In this episode of Crash...

As cinema started to take off, things like "single viewer" devices weren't going to cut it as the medium advanced. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to us about the Lumiere brothers, their invention of the...

In this video, Nova takes children on an adventure to the early days of movies. They learn about Thomas Edison and his invention of the Kinetoscope, as well as the Lumiere brothers and their Cinematograph. The video also explores the use...

The1890s marked the early days of film exhibition, when some of the first popular films of prize fights were shown in large auditoriums. This era laumched the beginning of the moviegoing experience, evolving from small, individual...

Discover Thomas Edison’s later inventions, including the motion picture camera, the kinetograph, and the alkaline storage battery. Learn how he collaborated with William Dickson to revolutionize the way we experience film and how his...

/ CU 50th birthday cake for Universal Pictures / old film footage of Thomas Edison / sketch drawing of people visiting Edison's kinetoscope / someone flips a flip book of a woman in underwear exercising / diorama of Edison's laboratory /...

Edison with his kinetoscope, cinema-goers in the early days of motion picture, Nickelodeon movie theatre, 1903-1905