Timeline of the History of Video Production By Eleanor Schroeder

Fact #1 The “wheel of life” or “zoopraxiscope” was patented by William Lincoln in 1867. It was the first patented machine in the United States that showed animated pictures. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

Fact #2 In 1878, a British photographer, Eadweard Muybridge, took the first successful photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

Fact #3 In 1891-1895, Dickson shot numerous 15 second motion pictures using Edison’s kineograph. http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

Fact #4 The Lumiere brothers were not the first to project film. In 1891, the Edison company successfully demonstrated the Kinetoscope, which enabled one person at a time to view moving pictures. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

Fact #5 In 1893, Thomas Edison constructed the first motion picture studio in New Jersey. He also displayed his Kinetoscope at the World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago and received patents for his movie camera, the Kinetograph, and his peepshow device. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

Fact #6 The first to present projected, photographic, moving, pictures to a paying audience of more than one person was Lumiere and his brother in 1895. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

Fact #7 Later in 1896, Edison showed his improved Vitascope projector and it was the first commercially, successful, projector in the US. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

Fact #8 In 1897, the cathode ray tube was invented. It was employed by the first television camera. http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production-equipment.html

Fact #9 In 1906, the first animated cartoon was produced. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

Fact #10 In 1912, Carl Laemmle organized Universal Pictures, which became the first major studio. http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

Fact #11 In 1936, the first television broadcast was made available in London. http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

Fact #12 In the 1940s Josef M. Petzval, a Hungarian mathematician, invented lenses for portrait and landscape photographs, which produced sharper http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

Fact #13 In 1952, Hollywood introduced Cinerama and 3-D. Also, Paramount announced that it would move into a television program. http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

Fact #14 In 1953, the Walt Disney Company began to produce television programs. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

Fact #15 The first video tape recorder was introduced in 1956. It was called the Ampex VRX-1000. German scientists during World War II began the use of magnetic tape technology. This is what the Ampex Corporation used this. http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production-equipment.html

Fact #16 In 1972, the first handheld mobile video production camera was invented my the RCA Company. They also led the production of early video production equipment. http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production-equipment.html

Fact #17 In 1977, more than 75% of TV-equipped homes are able to receive color. http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

Fact #18 In 1979, ESPN, a total sports network, made its debut on cable. It became the largest and most successful basic cable channel. ESPN is carried by every cable system, and is used in more than 57 million homes. http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

Fact #19 In 1995, the first feature length computer-animated feature, Toy Story, was produced by Pixar Animated Studios and released by Disney. http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

Fact #20 In 2010, 3D movies and 3D television sets are available. James Cameron’s “Avatar” was the first. http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

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