ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On August 31, 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for his new camera: the kinetograf. This innovation was a stepping stone to the creation of cinematic cameras and projectors.

Thomas Edison (1847–1931) was an American inventor and businessman who held more than 1,000 U.S. patents. He had little formal schooling as a child and largely educated himself through reading and ...

On Aug. 31, 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for the kinetographic camera, “a certain new and useful Improvement in Kinetoscopes,” the forerunner of the motion picture film projector. Edison and ...

This story originally appeared on Mental Floss. Want to make a movie? You’ll need quality light fixtures, sound recording equipment, and a good motion picture camera. Thomas Alva Edison helped develop ...