Science

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How the first moving picture originated from a Stanford controversy

By Alexandra Blum
April 3, 2023, 10:08 p.m.
Cinema’s roots can be traced back to an obsession with man and machine … and Leland Stanford.

The first recorded moving picture, “The Horse in Motion,” is a sequence of images of a horse galloping. The images were shot with 12 staggered cameras, developed with a wet plate and a bath of silver nitrate and strung together into a film by a notorious technician.

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The documentary sheds light on Muybridge’s perplexing relationship with Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University. Leland Stanford wanted to win a bet that all four of a horse’s feet come off the ground at a fast trot. Determined to capture a horse in mid-air, he enlisted the help of Eadweard Muybridge in bringing the vision to life.

more at link:

https://stanforddaily.com/2023/04/03/how-the-first-moving-picture-originated-from-a-stanford-controversy/#:~:text=The%20first%20recorded%20moving%20picture,film%20by%20a%20notorious%20technician.