On Aug. 31, 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for the kinetographic camera, “a certain new and useful Improvement in Kinetoscopes,” the forerunner of the motion picture film projector. Edison and ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On August 31, 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for his new camera: the kinetograf. This innovation was a stepping stone to the creation of cinematic cameras and projectors.

Experimental test footage from Edison’s earliest motion picture work, capturing camera trials, exposure studies, and mechanical movement. Likely filmed by Edison staff in the early 1890s, it survives ...

Thomas Edison files a patent for the optical phonograph, a device capable of recording and replaying sound for the first time ...