Early Tools of the Cinema

Images reproduced courtesy of the Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture

 

Phenakistiscope

 

Praxinoscope

 

Thaumatrope

 

Chromatrope

Zoetrope

Phenakistiscope

 

Praxinoscope

Magic lantern

 

Lithophane Viewer

Zograscope

 

Table Kaleidoscope

Graphoscope

Shadow Theatre

 

Toy Panorma Theatre Reel

Praxinoscope

Praxinoscope Theatre

 

Magic Lantern Theatre Projector

 

Magic Lantern

Hand Shadow

Javanese Shadow Puppet

Chinese Shadow Puppet