1. By Jordan Webb *Note: Unfortunately, I neglected to put this slideshow in chronological order.

2. In 1897, the first television cameras employed early versions of the cathode ray tube. In 1897, the first television cameras employed early versions of the cathode ray tube.www.ehow.com

3. In 1972, the RCA Company led production of early video production equipment in the U.S. and invented the TK-44; the first handheld mobile video production camera. www.ehow.com

4. In 1956, during World War II, the Ampex Corporation used magnetic tape technology pioneered by German scientists to create the Ampex VRX-1000; the first video tape recorder. www.ehow.com

5. In 1975, the Sony Betamax, the first commercially available VCR (video cassette recorder), was introduced. www.ehow.com

6. In 1884, George Eastman invented flexible photographic film. www.high-techproductions.com

7. In 1887, the famous Thomas Edison patented the motion picture camera. One year later, Edison attempted to record picture photos onto a wax cylinder in 1888. www.high-techproductions.com

8. In France, during 1895, the first public demonstration of motion pictures were displayed. www.high-techproductions.com

9. The iconoscope, the forerunner of the picture tub was patented in 1923. www.high-techproductions.com

10. Oftentimes, the Frenchman Louis Lumiere is given credit for inventing the original motion picture camera in 1895, but many other inventors did pretty much the exact same thing. www.inventorsabout.com

11. Even though he is called the “Father of motion picture,” Eadweard Muybridge didn’t make films in the manner we know today. www.invetorsabout.com

12. Richard M. Hollingshead was the first to open and patent a drive-in theater. www.inventorsabout.com

13. While famous for being the creator of Mickey Mouse, the famous Walt Disney also invented the multi-plane camera. www.inventorsabout.com

14. In 1902, Edward Raymond Turner shot a test film, based on his 1899 patents, and it became the earliest color film. www.amplioaudio.blogspot.com

15. In 1906, Lee DeForest invented the first electronic signal amplifier: the triode vacuum tube. www.amplioaudio.blogspot.com

16. In 1907, Boris Rosing filed his first patent on a television system. www.amplioaudio.blogspot.com

17. In 1913, Thomas Edison demonstrated the first “talking movie.” www.amplioaudio.blogspot.com

18. Hundreds of years earlier, around 4 or 5 B.C., Chinese and Greek philosophers described the basic principles of the camera, as well as the basic principles of optics. www.timetoast.com

19. Fast forward back to the twentieth century; in the January of 1938, George Valensi made the first proposal for a color television broadcast, therefore sparking many new ideas for the television industry. www.timetoast.com

20. About fifteen years later, in the December of 1953, colored television had finally arrived in the United States. www.timetoast.com

21. Finally, on July 20, 1969, the first moon landing is broadcasted on live television and many Americans excitedly view this historic event. www.timetoast.com

22. I would like to thank the following websites for providing me with the all of the information: www.ehow.com www.high-techproductions.com www.amplioaudio.blogspot.com www.inventors.about.com www.timetoast.com