The Work of Film Pioneer Max Skladanowsky
Max Skladanowsky of Berlin developed a Bioscop Projector with which he showed motion pictures for the first time on November 1, 1895, as part of the program at the Berlin Wintergarten theater. Beginning about 1890 and without financial aid, he designed and built himself all equipment from camera to projector including apparatus for splitting, perforating, printing and processing of the film. He produced many of his films and showed them throughout Germany and several other European countries between 1895 and 1897. A biography is given of Skladanowsky's work in thc fields in which he was actively engaged.
- Print ISSN
- 0361-4573
- Published
- 1966-12
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J17934
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