The Evolution of Video Production By: Sara Ottinger

1837 The Daguerreotype makes its first successful picture in leevents/pande10.html

1885 American inventor, George Eastman film made on a paper base instead of glass, wound in a roll, eliminating the need of glass plates.

1887 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera. techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

1893 Thomas Edison displays his Kinetoscope at the World’s Colombian Exhibition in Chicago and receives patents for his movie camera, The Kinetograph.

1894 The first commercial exhibition film took place on April 14,1894 at the first Kinetoscope parlor ever built.

1896 Edison shows his improved Vitascope Projector, and it was the first commercially, successful, projector in the U.S.

1909 There are about 9,000 movie theatres in the U.S. The typical film is only a single reel long, ten to twelve minutes in length.

1915 The Bell and Howell 2709 movie camera, known for its steadiness, allows directors to make close ups without physically moving the camera. crank-35mm-camera-hoover-dam-camera/

1927 Talking films begin with Al Jolsen in The Jazz Singer. techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

1930’s RCA conducts black and white broadcasting experiences. techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

1936 First television broadcast made available in London. techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

1938 Initial proposal for color T.V. broadcast made by George Valensi. techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

1945 There were fewer than 7,000 working T.V. sets in the country. li.shtml

1947 Howdy Doody premiers live on NBC in December.

1947 In may, live theatre equivalent to the Broadway stage comes to T.V. on a regular commercially sponsored basis with the premier of “Kraft Television Theatre”. =PA1287&dq=when+was+the+premier+of+kraft+television+theatre &source=bl&ots=3lBkQGYm_s&sig=YdqiLI- dJ8usEc_rhDlGBiyJX8o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=13JuUrr3Eeyx2wXui4HoBg &ved=0CFUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=when%20was%20the%20pre mier%20of%20kraft%20television%20theatre&f=false

1953 Color broadcasting officially arrives in the U.S. revolution.html

1979 The original Sony Walkman Video Camera was invented and put on the market. walkman-invented/

1994 Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen form the film studio DreamWorks. works.html

2013 Canon Vixia HF R series R42 is voted the best known video recorder today. vixia-hf-r-review.html

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