2. The History of Video Production and Technology By: London Santel Edwards

3. 1835 Morse code is invented

4. 1884 George Eastman invents flexible photographic film

5. 1887 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera

6. 1888 Edison attempts to record picture photos onto a wax cylinder

7. 1891-1895 Dickson shoots numerous fifteen second motion pictures

8. 1895 First motion picture project by the Lumiere Brothers

9. 1901 The new 78 rmp (revolutions per minute)

10. 1916 The society of motion picture engineers is formed

11. 1919 The radio corporation of America (rca) is founded

12. 1923 Television electronic is invented by Philo Farnsworth

13. 1924 Electronic mechanical television system is invented by John Logie Baird

14. 1927 Talking films begin with Al Jolson in “ The Jazz Singer”

15. 1930 Before 1930 motion pictures were silent

16. 1930 First production code is created

17. 1935 BASF prepares the first plastic based magnetic tapes.

18. 1951 The first video camera was invented

19. 1956 Ampex sold the first VTR for fifty thousand dollars

20. 1956 Video cassette recorder is invented by Ampex

21. 1968 First ratings for a movie are announced

22. 1976 Video tape in a large cassette format introduced by both JVC and Panasonic