Kinetoscope (nonfiction)

Interior view of Kinetoscope with peephole viewer at top of cabinet.

The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device.

The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device.

The Kinetoscope was not a movie projector but introduced the basic approach that would become the standard for all cinematic projection before the advent of video, by creating the illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images over a light source with a high-speed shutter.

In the News

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  Kinetoscope may hold key to identity of Jack the Ripper.

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links:

• Kinetoscope @ Wikipedia