Kinetograph

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The Kinetograph was an early motion picture camera developed in the late 19th century by Thomas Edison and William Kennedy Laurie Dickson to record films for viewing in the Kinetoscope.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf early film camera
motion picture camera
basedOn photographic technology
category Edison inventions
history of cinema
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
designedFor use with the Kinetoscope
developer Thomas Alva Edison
surface form: "Thomas Edison"

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
era late 19th century
etymology from Greek "kineto" (movement) and "graph" (writing)
filmFormat 35 mm film
filmPerforation sprocket-perforated film
frameRate about 40 frames per second
hasComponent electric motor drive
film magazine
lens
shutter
sprocket wheels
historicalSignificance helped establish commercial film exhibition
one of the first practical motion picture cameras
inception 1890s
influenced development of motion picture cameras
early film industry
inventor Thomas Alva Edison
surface form: "Thomas Edison"

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
languageOfName English
locationOfDevelopment West Orange, New Jersey NERFINISHED
manufacturer Edison Manufacturing Company
mechanism intermittent movement mechanism
sprocket-driven film transport
notableFeature horizontal feed of film
use of perforated film for precise movement
operatedBy camera operator
partOf Kinetograph
surface form: "Edison motion picture system"
powerSource electric motor
producedWork early Edison experimental films
early narrative film scenes
short actuality films
relatedTo Black Maria studio
surface form: "Black Maria film studio"

Kinetoscope
usedAt Edison Studios
surface form: "Edison Black Maria studio"
usedFor producing films for the Kinetoscope
recording motion pictures
uses celluloid film

Referenced by (6)

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Edison Laboratory associatedWith Kinetograph
this entity surface form: "Edison Kinetographic camera"
Kinetograph partOf Kinetograph
this entity surface form: "Edison motion picture system"
Kinetoscope relatedDevice Kinetograph

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