How did Edison-invented film camera, the Kinetograph work?
American inventor Thomas Alva Edison made one of the first motion picture cameras, called the Kinetograph, and patented it on August 31, 1897. The camera captured around 30 images/second on a perforated celluloid film using stop-and-go movement. The short films created could be viewed only by one person at a time via a peephole viewing cabinet called the Kinetoscope.