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In this regard, what was the purpose of the Kinetoscope?

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.

Secondly, how does the motion picture work? Motion picture, also called film or movie, series of still photographs on film, projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means of light. Because of the optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision, this gives the illusion of actual, smooth, and continuous movement.

Also, what is the difference between the Kinetograph and the Kinetoscope?

Kinetograph is the first motion picture camera invented by Thomas Edison and W.K.L. Dickson in 1888. Kinetoscope is another invention by Thomas Edison and his lab assistants. It was an individual viewing device that ran a continuous 47-foot film on spools between an incandescent lamp and a shutter.

How did Thomas Edison motion picture camera work?

Edison's discussion with Muybridge stimulated him to take up the subject of moving pictures. By 1892 Edison and Dickson invented a motion picture camera and a peephole viewing device called the Kinetoscope. They were first shown publicly in 1893 and the following year the first Edison films were exhibited commercially.