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FOOTAGE
number
RBZ2962455
Title
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with kaleidoscopic faces
Date
c.1833 (C19th)
Description
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion. Available as HD ProRes video file, or as an animated GIF file.
Photo credit
Richard Balzer Collection / Bridgeman Images
Keywords
phenakistoscope
/ unusual
/ movement
/ optical illusion
/ media
/ face
/ motion
/ early motion picture
/ animated
/ color
/ phenakitiscope
/ kaleidoscope
/ toys
/ 1830s
/ anxiety
/ moving
/ moving image
/ 19th century
/ c19th
/ nightmare
/ invention
/ illustrated
/ eyes
/ repetition
/ persistence of vision
/ entertainment
/ footage
/ psychedelic
/ fear
/ rotating
/ scary
/ eye
/ toy
/ colour
/ silent
/ strange
/ faces
/ history
/ phenakistiscope
/ animation
/ rotation
/ illustration
/ gif
/ 1833
/ c19
/ c1833
/ video
/ clip