Movie projector
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A movie projector is an opto-mechanical device for displaying motion picture film by projecting it onto a screen. Most of the optical and mechanical elements, except for the illumination and sound dev
35 mm movie projector in operation
An early projector and seats from a movie theater
1910s 35mm hand-cranked tinplate toy movie projector manufactured by Leonhard Müller in Nuremberg, Germany
35 mm Kinoton FP30ST movie projector, with parts labeled. (Click thumbnail for larger text.)
Kinetoscope
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The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device, designed for films to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole viewer window. The Kinetoscope was not a movie projector, but i
Interior view of Kinetoscope with peephole viewer at top of cabinet
Sheet of images from one of the three Monkeyshines films (c. 1889–90) produced as tests of an early version of the Kinetoscope
An acre in size, Edison's exhibit at the Exposition Universelle included an entire electrical power station.
Charles Kayser of the Edison lab seated behind the Kinetograph. Portability was not among the camera's virtues.