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The story of W.K.L. Dickson-assistant to Edison, inventor, and key figure in early cinematography.
W.K.L. Dickson was Thomas Edison's assistant in charge of the experimentation that led to the Kinetoscope and Kinetograph-the first commercially successful moving image machines. In 1891—1892, he established what we know today as the 35mm format. Dickson also designed the Black Maria film studio and facilities to develop and print film, and supervised...
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The story of how the motion-picture device was developed, and its role in Victorian society and early cinema.
The position of the kinetoscope in film history is central and undisputed, indicative of its importance is the detailed attention American scholars have given to examining its history. However, the Kinetoscope's development in Britain has not been well documented and much current information about it is incomplete and out of date.
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