The kinetoscope was invented by Edison in October of 1888. It was a personal motion picture viewing device. It used 18mm film and was essentially a peep-hole viewer. It ran film that was illuminated from behind and ran it through the device so that the viewer could see, when the images were all strung together, a motion picture. This was the beginning of American film, and, although film technology has evolved a great deal since its invention, the kinetoscope was very influential in the world of film.
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