Kinetoscope

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cinema apparatus early film technology motion picture exhibition device

The Kinetoscope was an early motion picture exhibition device that allowed a single viewer to watch short films through a peephole, pioneering the commercial development of cinema in the 1890s.

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Label Occurrences
Kinetoscope canonical 8
Edison Kinetoscope 1
Edison Kinetoscope viewing machine 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cinema apparatus ⓘ
early film technology ⓘ
motion picture exhibition device ⓘ
category Edison inventions ⓘ
History of cinema ⓘ
coinType nickel ⓘ
coInventor William Kennedy Laurie Dickson ⓘ
commercialModel Kinetoscope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kinetoscope parlor
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedBy Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ
displayType peephole viewer ⓘ
distributionRegion Europe ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 1890s ⓘ
exhibitedContentType actualities ⓘ
boxing matches ⓘ
comic scenes ⓘ
vaudeville acts ⓘ
filmDirection vertical feed ⓘ
filmLoopConfiguration endless loop ⓘ
filmPerforationType Edison standard perforations ⓘ
filmTransportMechanism continuous movement ⓘ
firstCommercialParlorLocation New York City ⓘ
firstCommercialParlorOpeningYear 1894 ⓘ
firstPublicExhibitionLocation Brooklyn Museum ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
illuminationSource electric lamp ⓘ
influenced development of movie theaters ⓘ
early film production practices ⓘ
inspiredBy Eadweard Muybridge’s motion studies ⓘ
inventor Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Edison
materialUsed wooden cabinet ⓘ
medium 35 mm film ⓘ
notableFor individual film viewing experience ⓘ
pioneering commercial cinema ⓘ
operatedBy coin insertion ⓘ
patentCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
patentFiledBy Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Edison
patentYear 1891 ⓘ
primaryUse commercial film exhibition ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ
relatedDevice Kinetograph ⓘ
Vitascope ⓘ
successor projected cinema ⓘ
supersededBy film projector ⓘ
typicalFilmLength short films ⓘ
typicalRunningTime under one minute ⓘ
viewingInterface magnifying lens peephole ⓘ
viewingMode single viewer ⓘ
yearOfCommercialIntroduction 1894 ⓘ
yearOfFirstPublicDemonstration 1893 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Thomas Alva Edison → notableWork → Kinetoscope ⓘ
Kinetoscope → commercialModel → Kinetoscope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinetoscope parlor
Edison Manufacturing Company → product → Kinetoscope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinetoscope films
Edison Manufacturing Company → usedTechnology → Kinetoscope ⓘ
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson → notableWork → Kinetoscope ⓘ
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson → designed → Kinetoscope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edison Kinetoscope viewing machine
Kinetograph → relatedTo → Kinetoscope ⓘ
Edison Laboratory → associatedWith → Kinetoscope ⓘ
Black Maria studio → inventionUsed → Kinetoscope ⓘ
Black Maria replica → relatedTo → Kinetoscope ⓘ
Phantoscope → relatedTo → Kinetoscope ⓘ
Phantoscope → precededBy → Kinetoscope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinetoscope peephole viewer
Lumière Cinématographe → precededBy → Kinetoscope ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edison Kinetoscope