Moving images surround us today.

Watching and creating videos is as easy as clicking a button, but it wasn't always this simple.

It's taken almost 200 years to get to here.

18 32.

Simon Ritter von Stomped owner, invented the strobe a scope.

The device, when spun, created the optical illusion of moving images.

In 18 61.

A similar device made it possible to project the images onto a wall.

In 18 72 the governor of California hired British photographer Edward My Bridge to help him win a bet that during a horse race, all four of the horse's hooves would leave the track.

My bridge lined up 24 cameras that each took a photo as the horses raced past, the governor won the Beth and without realizing my bridge, had just shot the 1st 2nd of cinema.

In the 18 nineties, Louis Le Prince and Thomas Edison invented the first patented cinema cameras.

While in France, the Lumiere brothers were also pioneering the use of celluloid to capture moving images.

At around the same time, the invention of the movie projector meant that an audience could watch the images and so cinema became a reality.

Yeah, a golden age of silent film brought the world to life.

Greats like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton introduced generations to the joy of the moving image.

Then, in the 19 twenties, it became possible to synchronize image and sound, and the talkie was born.

Cinema became the primary form of visual entertainment as audiences throughout the world got to experience the joy of going to the movies.

Decades of pioneering filmmaking followed with Hollywood is the most influential producer.

It was the invention of TV that revolutionized the moving image.

Ordinary households could watch programs and movies in the comfort of their homes.

Later, the invention of video made it possible to record and playback content.

For years, these remained the main ways of watching content.

But the Internet was about to change everything.

At first, it was virtually impossible to watch videos.

Online quality was poor and connections were slow.

But as technology improved, videos on sites like YouTube increased in quality.

Now, advanced cameras built into mobile devices means anyone with a phone or tablet computer can instantly create an upload content.