The Grenada sentinel., 1915-07-23

Ing motion pictures exclusively could almost he
counted on your fingers
invention or motion pictures can partially be
attributed to a California incident Two race
morse men argued as to whether a horse while
running mad more than two feet on the ground
~ any ume To prove this "a threads were
stretched across the track, and the end Of each
attached to separate camera horse ran
Gown the stretch breaking each thread separately
and exposing "a Photographic plates One Of the
faen took copies Of the photographs to Europe
where they caused numerous experiments Final
~ the task Of making motion pictures was given
up because no flexible substitute for glass could
be found
Years later New Jersey minister, trying to
discover a way OF making nonbreakable stereop-
ticon slides for use in his Sunday school, made
the discovery that cellulod suitable. The
substitute Immediately employed by photo
graph supply manufacturer, which enabled
Thomas Edison to perfect his kaleidoscope, OF
peep-hoIe machine first shown at Columbian ex
position, Chicago, In 1893 Forty feet OF ribbon
flm with continuity Of action rolled past the lens
in hole in a cabinet with an intermittent move
ment that retained each picture before the peep
hole twice as long 1t required to move the PIC
ture to this spot Back of the film was an eec
trio light and directly in front of the lens small
hole through which the people could peep Tor the
sum Of FIVE cents. The film had sprocket hoes
in the margin on one side and corresponding
sprocket placed on the rollers,
This device served as an idea for Robert w.
Paul of London the firm of Lumiere & Sons OF
Paris and a man named Grey Of New YORK city.
simultaneously these men thought OF attaching
the Aim 70 a stereopticon lamp and projecting the
picture on to a screen, and began working out
machines which would do this properly Inc
first projected motion picture In America was
that of Greys eidoloscope in a basement store
room In New York city In 1895. Paul perfected
his projecting machine In March 1895, ana
Lumiere in 1897. At a later date William Ken
nedy Iaury Dixon formerly with Paul, now en-
ployed by Thomas Edison, perfected the Edison
knetoscope. This device was compinatioh OF
the "peep-hole" invention, with sprockets on eacn
side Of the Aim introduced by Lumiere. more
accurate intermittent movement for the MIN car
riaxe. and a powerful lamp perfected by Thomas
Edison. other machines appeared In America
about the same time but later patent rights were
all merged with that Of the Edison. The pro1ec-
ton machines we're crude and It mas required
much time and mechanical ingenuity to bring
them to the state Of perfection.
With machines made, a still greater problem
Of securing new interesting subjects confronted
the showmen who took up the novelty. There
being no completed motion pictures for sale. It
was necessary for each exhibitor to make all MS
own subjects. No one thought OF making pic.
lures Of plays. Instead, they caught nnishes OF
races, scenes in prize fights. and topical events
of a sensational nature.
About this time Kansas City operator OF these
machines learning Of the projecting machine'
made plans for a concession at the buhaio ran
American exposition, which consisted OF rail-
wav illusion made possible by rocking the coach
while pictures were projected on screen IN
ono end of the car. Later this was exhipiteo
throughout the country in specially constructed
railroad coach, and the name, "Hales Tour OF the
World" became famous.
The greatest step OF the INDUSTRY iol'owlne
~. rsrSection of projectors, films and cameras
v.. made simultaneously by Miles Brothers Of
New York and Eugene Kleine of Chicago. They
established Aim markets or exchanges. where
negatives we're bought and prints sold or rented
This system served to solve the problem OF ds
tribution by renting Aims to exhibitors, ior Inn
".ssS =. .nccessfully used today throughout thu
world ,.,.n. n,,,