History of Early Film Inventions

Thomas Edison's invention, the Kinetoscope, was the predecessor to the motion picture projector

The Lumiére brothers' invention, the Cinématographe, was primarily used for indoor filming due to its heavy weight

Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon was one of the first films to use trick filming techniques

American movies during the 1890s and 1920s were not influenced by prevailing concerns, attitudes, and beliefs

Films and other methods of mass communication, such as advertising and radio, developed during the 1890s and until about 1920