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- Kine-Messter Movie Camera, circa 1900 - This hand-cranked 35mm movie camera was used in motion picture experiments by the Thomas A. Edison Company. Available commercially, this camera was designed by Oskar Messter, "Father of the German Film Industry." Messter made many technical improvements to cinema apparatus, built the first film studio in Germany, and hosted the first projected sound films at his Apollo Theatre in Berlin.
- circa 1900
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Kine-Messter Movie Camera, circa 1900
This hand-cranked 35mm movie camera was used in motion picture experiments by the Thomas A. Edison Company. Available commercially, this camera was designed by Oskar Messter, "Father of the German Film Industry." Messter made many technical improvements to cinema apparatus, built the first film studio in Germany, and hosted the first projected sound films at his Apollo Theatre in Berlin.
- Burke & James Universal Motion Picture Camera, 1918-1922 -
- circa 1920
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Burke & James Universal Motion Picture Camera, 1918-1922
- Debrie's "Le Parvo" Motion Picture Camera, circa 1908 -
- circa 1908
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Debrie's "Le Parvo" Motion Picture Camera, circa 1908
- Brownie Movie Projector, circa 1955 - When Kodak invented the "Standard 8" film format in 1932, they also ushered in the rise of "home movies." Both 8mm film stock and cameras were affordable and widespread by the 1950s. From family events to amateur and experimental movie productions, these cameras provided a new way to record personal history, and alternative creative outlets to Hollywood entertainment.
- circa 1955
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Brownie Movie Projector, circa 1955
When Kodak invented the "Standard 8" film format in 1932, they also ushered in the rise of "home movies." Both 8mm film stock and cameras were affordable and widespread by the 1950s. From family events to amateur and experimental movie productions, these cameras provided a new way to record personal history, and alternative creative outlets to Hollywood entertainment.
- Filming the Assembly Line at the Ford Rouge Plant, January 1936 - At its peak in the 1930s, Ford Motor Company's massive Rouge factory employed more than 100,000 workers. The complex included more than 15 million square feet of floor space and 120 miles of conveyors that turned out a new car every 49 seconds. In 1936, when this photo was taken, the people of Ford built more than 790,000 automobiles.
- January 15, 1936
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Filming the Assembly Line at the Ford Rouge Plant, January 1936
At its peak in the 1930s, Ford Motor Company's massive Rouge factory employed more than 100,000 workers. The complex included more than 15 million square feet of floor space and 120 miles of conveyors that turned out a new car every 49 seconds. In 1936, when this photo was taken, the people of Ford built more than 790,000 automobiles.
- Tripod, Used by George Ebling, Ford Motor Company Photographer, 1920-1940 -
- 1920-1940
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Tripod, Used by George Ebling, Ford Motor Company Photographer, 1920-1940
- Motion-Picture Camera, 1905-1915 - This motion picture camera was used at Thomas Edison's West Orange laboratories. Edison's 1888 patent for a device that could do "for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear" produced intense technological experimentation--and the development of the American film industry. Over two short decades, recording and projection technologies standardized, and sophisticated audiences began to demand quality productions.
- 1905-1915
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Motion-Picture Camera, 1905-1915
This motion picture camera was used at Thomas Edison's West Orange laboratories. Edison's 1888 patent for a device that could do "for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear" produced intense technological experimentation--and the development of the American film industry. Over two short decades, recording and projection technologies standardized, and sophisticated audiences began to demand quality productions.
- Chess-United Sun Shade for Revere Motion Picture Camera, 1945-1950 -
- 1945-1950
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Chess-United Sun Shade for Revere Motion Picture Camera, 1945-1950
- Thomas Edison with a Motion Picture Camera, circa 1925 -
- circa 1925
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Thomas Edison with a Motion Picture Camera, circa 1925
- Zix Combination Motion Picture Camera and Projector, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
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Zix Combination Motion Picture Camera and Projector, circa 1920