2. Fact 1 Video Production – Process of converting an idea into a video. The person who manages the production process is known as the producer. http://www.hyperdictionary.com/video/video- production.html

3. Fact 2 1832 - Joseph Plateau, a Belgian inventor, invented the Fantascope also called Phenakistiscope or “spindle viewer,” a device that simulated motion. http://jlbmedia.com/video-production-history

4. Fact 3 John Wesley Hyatt developed celluloid. It was patented in 1870 and trademarked in 1873, then later used as the base for photographic film. http://jlbmedia.com/video-production-history

5. Fact 4 18oo’s - French innovator and physiologist Etienne- Jules Marey developed the “photographic gun,” which could take multiple photographs per second. The term shooting a film was most likely derived from Marey’s invention. http://jlbmedia.com/video-production-history

6. Fact 5 1891 - Thomas Edison invented the first camera to ever record video. http://media.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of- film-and-video-production

7. Fact 6 1896 - The Kiss was the first film ever made of a couple kissing. http://jlbmedia.com/video-production-history

8. Fact 7 1897 – The first television camera employed early versions of the cathode ray tube. http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video- production-equipment.html

9. Fact 8 1900 - the first video with sound was made. http://media.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of- film-and-video-production

10. Fact 9 1905 - The first film with color was produced. http://media.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of- film-and-video-production

11. Fact 10 1936 – The First Television Broadcast Available in London. http://www.preceden.com/timelines/169515-history- of-video-production

12. Fact 11 1947 – “Howdy Doody” First Children’s Hour-Long Show. http://www.preceden.com/timelines/169515-history- of-video-production

13. Fact 12 1951 - the videotape was invented. http://media.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of- film-and-video-production

14. Fact 13 1951 – CBS Broadcasts the First Color Program. http://www.preceden.com/timelines/169515-history- of-video-production

15. Fact 14 1956 – “Wizard Of Oz” Debuts on TV in November. http://www.preceden.com/timelines/169515-history- of-video-production

16. Fact 15 1969 – Sesame Street Airs for the First Time in November. http://www.preceden.com/timelines/169515-history- of-video-production

17. Fact 16 1972 – The RCA Company led production of early video production equipment in the United States and invented the first handheld mobile video production camera, the TK-44. http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video- production-equipment.html

18. Fact 17 1975 – The Sony Betamax goes on sale in the U.S. http://www.entmerch.org/press-room/industry- history.html

19. Fact 18 October 1977 – RCA begins selling the first VCR in the U.S. based on JVC’s “vertical helical scan” (VHS) system. http://www.entmerch.org/press-room/industry- history.html

20. Fact 19 November 1977 – Magnetic Video, operating as Video Club of America, is the first company to provide theatrical motion pictures on home video. http://www.entmerch.org/press-room/industry- history.html

21. Fact 20 November 1979 – Columbia Pictures enters the home video market, releasing 20 films. http://www.entmerch.org/press-room/industry- history.html

22. Fact 21 December 1980 – Walt Disney Productions announces that it would enter the home video market. http://www.entmerch.org/press-room/industry- history.html

23. Fact 22 1981 – MTV, a cable television channel, was founded on the first of August. www.huffingtonpost.com/.../mtv-first-aired-music- v...

24. Fact 23 1995 - The first DV camcorder was the Sony DCR- VX1000. The camera featured a 3-CCD imaging device for unprecedented video quality in a home video camera. http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video- production-equipment.html