The Vitascope is a large electrically-powered projector that uses light to cast images. The images being cast are originally taken by a kinetoscope mechanism onto gelatin film. Using an intermittent mechanism, the film negatives produced up to fifty frames per second.

Vitascope, motion-picture projector patented by Thomas Armat in 1895; its principal features are retained in the modern projector: sprocketed film operated with a mechanism (the “Maltese cross”) to stop each frame briefly before the lens, and a loop in the film to ease the strain.

The Vitascope, along with many of the competing projectors, became a popular attraction in variety and vaudeville theaters in major cities across the United States. Motion pictures soon became starring attractions on the vaudeville bill .

We take a look at the history of these very interesting Vitascope clocks along with a price guide to some examples. The Vitascope clock became a design icon of the mid 20th Century featuring an illuminated diorama with a rocking and pitching model ship.

2022年9月26日 · Amazon.com: ROKR 3D Wooden Puzzles Vitascope for Adults - Model Building Kits Mechanical Construction for Adults to Build, Educational Brain Teaser DIY Crafts Kits, Halloween Collection Gifts for Men (Vitascope) : Toys & Games

The vitascope effectively launched projected motion pictures as a screen novelty in the United States. In late April 1896 the vitascope was showing films in only one American theater, Koster & Bial's Music Hall in New York City, but the sub-sequent pace of diffusion was remarkable.

Explore the magic of vintage cinema with the Rokr Vitascope 3D Puzzle. This wooden mechanical model kit is a functional film projector that you can build yourself.

Robotime Vitascope Mechanical Wood Kit | Assemble a Wooden Vintage Movie Projector | Includes 183 Pieces to Create a Working Reel | Turn Hand Crank to Project Black and White Film

Vitascope Thomas J. Armat (October 25, 1866 – September 30, 1948) was an American mechanic and inventor , a pioneer of cinema best known through the co-invention of the Edison Vita Armat studied at the Mechanics Institute in Richmond, Virginia and then in 1894 at the Bliss Electrical School in Washington, D.C. , where he met Charles Francis ...

2010年4月11日 · The Vitascope was an early film-projector first demonstrated in 1895 by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat. The pair publicly demonstrated an image projection device at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia which they called the “Phantoscope.”