Events
- Thomas Edison meets with Eadweard Muybridge who proposes a scheme for sound film (February 27, West Orange, New Jersey).
- Étienne-Jules Marey starts work on his chronophotographe with 90 mm wide roll paper film.
- Émile Reynaud is the first to use perforated film for use with his animated show, Théâtre Optique.
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