what was the first motion picture ever?

Answer 1

Thomas Edison recorded the earliest known motion picture - I believe it was of his lab, but the information should be easy to find in materials about Edison.

Answer 2

The Frenchman Louis Lumiere is often credited as inventing the first motion picture camera in 1895. But in truth, several others had made similar inventions around the same time as Lumiere. What Lumiere invented was a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe, three functions covered in one invention.

One of Edison's first motion picture and the first motion picture ever copyrighted showed his employee Fred Ott pretending to sneeze. One problem was that a good film for motion pictures was not available.

The Oberammergau Passion Play of 1898 was the first commercial motion picture ever produced.

Answer 3

Roundhay Garden Scene, the world's first motion picture by Louis Le Prince, 1888

Answer 4

The Great Train Robbery

Answer 5

Not sure but I think the first motion picture ever made was maybe "Birth of a Nation" early early silent film..

Answer 6

Thomas Edison's interest in motion pictures began before 1888, however, the visit of Eadweard Muybridge to his laboratory in West Orange in February of that year certainly stimulated his resolve to invent a camera for motion pictures. Muybridge proposed that they collaborate and combine the Zoopraxiscope with the Edison phonograph. Although apparently intrigued, Edison decided not to participate in such a partnership, perhaps realizing that the Zoopraxiscope was not a very practical or efficient way of recording motion. In an attempt to protect his future, he filed a caveat with the Patents Office on October 17, 1888, describing his ideas for a device which would "do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear" -- record and reproduce objects in motion. He called it a "Kinetoscope," using the Greek words "kineto" meaning "movement" and "scopos" meaning "to watch."

One of Edison's first motion picture and the first motion picture ever copyrighted showed his employee Fred Ott pretending to sneeze. One problem was that a good film for motion pictures was not available. In 1893, Eastman Kodak began supplying motion picture film stock, making it possible for Edison to step up the production of new motion pictures. He built a motion picture production studio in New Jersey. The studio had a roof that could be opened to let in daylight, and the entire building was constructed so that it could be moved to stay in line with the sun.

C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat invented a film projector called the Vitascope and asked Edison to supply the films and manufacture the projector under his name. Eventually, the Edison Company developed its own projector, known as the Projectoscope, and stopped marketing the Vitascope. The first motion pictures shown in a "movie theater" in America were presented to audiences on April 23, 1896, in New York City.

•The Kinetoscope
"Kinetoscope" comes from the Greek words "kineto" meaning "movement" and "scopos" meaning "to watch."
• Timeline for Inventing Entertainment
The following timeline focuses on major events in Thomas Edison's personal life and on his motion picture and phonograph innovations.
• Film Projectors for Motion Pictures
The Edison Company developed its own projector known as the Projectoscope or Projecting Kinetoscope in November 1896, and abandoned marketing the Vitascope.
• History of Edison Motion Pictures
Origins of motion pictures, the Kinetoscope, and Edison Motion Pictures..

Answer 7

I'm leaning towards "The Great Train Robbery", but I'd like to phone a friend...

Answer 8

"The Great Train Robbery"

Answer 9

"Lunch Break at the Lumière Factory" by the Lumière brothers of France.

Answer 10

it was probably a silent film with charlie chaplin or some other stars.