Did you know that one of Fort Myers most famous residents is indirectly responsible for Hollywood becoming a movie mecca?

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On August 31, 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for his new camera: the kinetograf. This innovation was a stepping stone to the creation of cinematic cameras and projectors.

On Aug. 31, 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for the kinetographic camera, “a certain new and useful Improvement in Kinetoscopes,” the forerunner of the motion picture film projector. Edison and ...

Experimental test footage from Edison’s earliest motion picture work, capturing camera trials, exposure studies, and mechanical movement. Likely filmed by Edison staff in the early 1890s, it survives ...