Development of Motion Pictures

In 1878 and 1879, Eadweard Muybridge conducted motion picture research at the Palo Alto Stock Farm, now the site of Stanford University. This extensive photographic experiment portraying the attitudes of animals in motion was conceived by and executed under the direction and patronage of Leland Stanford. Consecutive instantaneous exposures were made by a battery of 24 cameras fitted with electro-shutters.

Stanford, California · United States