Instructional Video8:32
Crash Course

The First Movie Camera: Crash Course Film History

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video8:34
Crash Course

The Lumiere Brothers: Crash Course Film History

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video4:22
Wonderscape

The Later Years and Lasting Impact of Thomas Edison

K - 5th
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...
Stock Footage0:46
Getty Images

Universal Pictures 50th birthday: Edison's kinetoscope

Pre-K - Higher Ed
/ 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 /...
Stock Footage2:01
Bridgeman Arts

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

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Edison with his kinetoscope, cinema-goers in the early days of motion picture, Nickelodeon movie theatre, 1903-1905
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Film History #2: The First Movie Camera

9th - 10th
This video focuses on the making of the first movie camera. It explains how Edison set up a lab with talented men including William Dickson, who created the kinetoscope and the kinetograph.
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course History of Science #29: Cinema, Radio, and Television

9th - 10th
Radio, Cinema, and Television have been staples in news coverage, entertainment, and education for almost 100 years. But where did they all come from? Who started what and when and why? In this episode, Hank Green talks to us about their...