Vitascope
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Vitascope was an early film projector developed in the 1890s that helped introduce projected motion pictures to large audiences in theaters.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edison Vitascope | 1 |
| Phantoscope projector | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinema technology
ⓘ
early motion picture projector ⓘ film projector ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Edison Manufacturing Company
ⓘ
early film exhibitors ⓘ |
| basedOn | Phantoscope ⓘ |
| category |
history of film technology
ⓘ
projectors ⓘ |
| competedWith |
Biograph projector
ⓘ
Lumière Cinématographe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developedIn | 1890s ⓘ |
| displayMedium | white screen ⓘ |
| era | early cinema ⓘ |
| exhibitedContentType |
actualities
ⓘ
novelty films ⓘ short films ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| filmTransportMechanism | intermittent movement mechanism ⓘ |
| firstPublicExhibitionDate | 1896-04-23 ⓘ |
| firstPublicExhibitionPlace | Koster and Bial’s Music Hall, New York City ⓘ |
| hasInventor |
Charles Francis Jenkins
ⓘ
Thomas Armat ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to the transition from peepshow devices to screen projection
ⓘ
pioneered large-screen motion picture projection in the U.S. ⓘ |
| imageType | black-and-white moving images ⓘ |
| introduced | projected motion pictures to large audiences ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1896 ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
Vitascope
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Edison Vitascope
|
| marketedBy |
Thomas Alva Edison
ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Edison
|
| notableFor |
being among the first commercially successful film projectors in the United States
ⓘ
helping establish projected motion pictures as a commercial entertainment form ⓘ |
| operatedBy | projectionist ⓘ |
| operationalPeriod | late 1890s ⓘ |
| poweredBy | electric motor ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Vitascope
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Phantoscope projector
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| projectionEnvironment | darkened theater ⓘ |
| projectionType | front projection ⓘ |
| technologyType | mechanical ⓘ |
| usedFor |
projecting motion pictures onto a screen
ⓘ
public film exhibition ⓘ |
| usedIn |
music halls
ⓘ
theaters ⓘ vaudeville houses ⓘ |
| usesComponent |
electric arc lamp
ⓘ
reels ⓘ shutter ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Edison Vitascope
this entity surface form:
Phantoscope projector