U.S. NAVY HISTORY OF THE MOTION PICTURE MOVIE FILM 88554 – YouTube

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Made in 1956 by the U.S. Navy, this film shows a history of the motion picture beginning with the optical toys and the persistence of vision devices that preceded the motion picture. Thomas Edison’s pioneering work is shown, as is that of Daugerre and other pioneers of photography. Paper print images of the Great White Fleet are shown at the 1 minute mark, as well as other rare paper print footage. Some of the devices shown include the praxiscope, zoetrope, zoopraxiscope and others. Thomas Edison’s Black Maria is also shown at the 14:50 mark.

This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com