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motion-picture camera
Coverage of motion-picture camera in the Nexus archive.
- See inside Thomas Edison's New Jersey lab, where some of America's biggest inventions took shape
Thomas Edison's laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, opened in 1887 and served as his primary workspace for 45 years. There, he and his team developed the first motion-picture camera, alkaline storage batteries, and other influential inventions. The site is now preserved as Thomas Edison National Historical Park.