The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23

ing motion pictures exclusively could almost be
counted on your fingers
Invention of motion pictures can partially be
attributed to California incident. Two race
horse men argued as to whether horse, while
running had more than two feet on the ground
at any time. To prove this "a threads were
stretched across the track, and the end of each
attached to a separate camera horse ran
down the stretch breaking each thread separately
and exposing "a Photographic plates One OF the
men took copies of the photographs to Europe
where they caused numerous experiments Final
ly the task of making motion pictures was given
up because no flexible substitute for glass could
be found.
Years later a New Jersey minister, trying to
discover way of making nonbreakable stereop-
ticon slides for use in his Sunday school, MADE
the discovery that celluloid was suitable. Ihe
substitute was Immediately employed by pnoto-
graph supply manufacturer, which enaDieu
Thomas Edison to perfect his microscope, OF
peep-hoIe machine, first shown at Columbian OK
position Chicago. in 1893 Forty feet OF riupon
film. with continuity of action rolled past the iens
in a hole in a cabinet with an intermittent move
ment that retained each picture before tne peep
hole twice as long as It required to move the PIC
ture 10 this SPOT Back of the film was an cleo
trio light and directly in front OF the lens small
hole through which the people could peep TOT tne
sum OF FIVE cents. The film had sprocket hoies
In the margin on one side and corresponding
sprocket was placed on the rollers
This device served as an idea for Robert W.
Paul of London the firm OF Lumiere SONS Vi
Paris and man named Grey of New YORK CITY
simultaneously these men thought OF attaching
the Aim to stereoptlcon lamp and projecting the
pictureso on to a screen, and began working on.
machines which would do this properly Inc
first projected motion picture In America was
.hat ~ Crews eidoloscope in a basement store
room in New York city in 1896 Paul perIecteu
his projecting machine In March, 1885, anu
Iumiere in 1897 AT later date, William Ken
nedv Larry Dixon. formerly with Paul now en-
Moved by Thomas Edison. perfected the EDISON
kinetoscope This device was combination OF
the ''peep-hole" invention with sprockets on eacn
side of the film introduced by Lumiere, more
accurate intermittent movement for the MIN car
rage. and a powerful lamp perfected by Tnomas
Edison. other machines appeared In Americs
about the same time, but later patent rights were
all merged with that OF the Edison Inc prolec
ton machines we're crude and Il has required
much time and mechanical ingenuity 10 otine
them 10 the state OF perfection.
with machines made. still greater problem
Of securing new interesting subjects confronted
che showmen who took up the novelty Tner'
heing no completed motion pictures for sale,
was necessary for each exhibitor to make all HI
own subjects No one thought Of making pic
lures of plays Instead, they caught finishes
races. scenes in prize fights, and topical event
OF a sensational nature.
About this time Kansas City operator OF thes
machines. learning OF the projecting machine
made plans for concession at the Buffalo Par
American exposition, which consisted OF raj
way Illusion made possible by rocking the coae
while pictures we're projected on a screen
one end OF the car. Later this was exhioite
throughout the country in a specially constructe
railroad coach. and the name. "Hales Tour OF IN
/. World" became famous.
The greatest step of the industry followin
the perfection OF projectors. films and camera
was made simultaneously by Niles Brothers
New York and Eugene Kleine Of Chicago. The
established nlm markets or exchanges wneI
negatives we're bought and prints sold or rente'
This system served to solve the problem OF a
tr,bution. BY renting films TO exhibitors for tn
method Il successfully used today throughout Il
world
The exchange system assured permanent al