![George Eastman (left) and Thomas Edison with motion picture camera at Eastman's house in Rochester, New York, where a demonstration of the new Kodacolor film was being held] | Library of Congress George Eastman (left) and Thomas Edison with motion picture camera at Eastman's house in Rochester, New York, where a demonstration of the new Kodacolor film was being held] | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ds/13000/13079v.jpg)
George Eastman (left) and Thomas Edison with motion picture camera at Eastman's house in Rochester, New York, where a demonstration of the new Kodacolor film was being held] | Library of Congress
![THOMAS EDISON at right demonstrating his movie camera to Kodak founder George Eastman in 1928 Stock Photo - Alamy THOMAS EDISON at right demonstrating his movie camera to Kodak founder George Eastman in 1928 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CFRJDN/thomas-edison-at-right-demonstrating-his-movie-camera-to-kodak-founder-CFRJDN.jpg)
THOMAS EDISON at right demonstrating his movie camera to Kodak founder George Eastman in 1928 Stock Photo - Alamy
On this day in 1897 — 124 years ago — Thomas Edison received a patent for his movie camera, the Kinetograph - Frank Beacham's Journal
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History of film - Thomas Edison, William Friese-Greene, Kinetoscope, and Cinématographe | Britannica
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EntertainmentTech: The History of the Kinetograph, the World's First Motion Picture Camera | iTech Post
![HISTORY TV18 on Twitter: "#DidYouKnow on #ThisDayInHistory Thomas Edison patented his first movie camera, called the kinetograph. He called the invention a “Kinetoscope,” using the Greek words “kineto” meaning “movement” and “scopos” HISTORY TV18 on Twitter: "#DidYouKnow on #ThisDayInHistory Thomas Edison patented his first movie camera, called the kinetograph. He called the invention a “Kinetoscope,” using the Greek words “kineto” meaning “movement” and “scopos”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlSHRc-V4AEIIC2.jpg)