1895: THE CINEMATOGRAPH IS BORN
In 1895 their dream became a reality, when they created and patented the cinematograph—the world's first motion picture camera. Later that same year, the duo debuted their film Sortie de l'usine Lumière de Lyon to the public.
When was the first film camera?
In 1890 Dickson unveiled the Kinetograph, a primitive motion picture camera. In 1892 he announced the invention of the Kinestoscope, a machine that could project the moving images onto a screen. In 1894, Edison initiated public film screenings in recently-opened "Kinetograph Parlors."
When was the first film camera sold?
The first video recording (or more accurately, the oldest surviving film in existence) was the Roundhay Garden Scene. The silent short that's only about 2 seconds in length was filmed at the Whitely Family house in Oakwood Grange Road, Roundhay (a suburb of Leeds, Yorkshire) Great Britain in 1888.