• 1854 – In London, the Welsh photographer John Dillwyn Llewelyn exhibited several early instantaneous photographs of the seaside. In 1855, he demonstrated these photographs at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. His … 展开

• 1870 – The Philadelphia-based engineer Henry Renno Heyl presented his Phasmatrope to 1500 persons at a church entertainment evening at the Philadelphia Academy of Music. This modified magic lantern had a wheel that could hold 16 photographic slides and … 展开

• 1890 – Charles-Émile Reynaud creates the film Le Clown et ses chiens (The Clown and His Dogs) for his Théâtre Optique. It would not be exhibited to an audience until 1892.
• 1891 – Charles-Émile Reynaud creates the film 展开

• 1910 – The Clown and His Donkey
• 1911 – Little Nemo
• 1912 – How a Mosquito Operates
• 1913 – Colonel Heeza Liar
• 1914 – Gertie the Dinosaur 展开

• 1860 – On 27 February 1860, Peter Hubert Desvignes received British patent no. 537 for 28 monocular and stereoscopic variations of cylindrical stroboscopic devices, much like the later zoetrope. His devices included a version that used an endless band … 展开

• 1880 – The Zoopraxiscope of Eadweard Muybridge was introduced in 1880 at the California School of Fine Arts. Muybridge did project moving images from his photographs with his Zoopraxiscope, from 1880 to 1895, but these were painted on discs and his technique … 展开

• 1900 – J. Stuart Blackton and Thomas Edison create The Enchanted Drawing, the first film to feature groundbreaking animated sequences.
• 1901 – Dolly’s Toys. British trick film, directed by Arthur Melbourne-Cooper. It may have used 展开