Question

___ invented cinema projector capable of exhibiting lengthy film reels without break.
A) William Friese - Green
B) Louis Le Prince
C) Wood will Latham
D) George Mils

Answer 1

Hint:
This man was an ordnance officer of the Confederacy at the time the American Civil War took place and was also the professor of chemistry at West Virginia University.
He also played an important role in the development of early film technology.

Complete step by step solution:
In the year 1887, Wood will Latham invented a cinema projector which was capable of exhibiting lengthy film reels without any break.
He was the father of Grey Latham and Otway Latham, who were the owners of a kinetoscope parlor in New York City. In December 1894 Latham and his two sons had established the Lambda Company at 35 Frankfort Street, employing Eugène Lauste,who was a former Thomas Edison employee, as well as William Kennedy Dickson. The Eidoloscope was demonstrated clearly for the members of the press on April 21, 1895 and was reviewed to the paying general public on May 20, in a lower Broadway store with films of the Griffo-Barnett prize boxing fight, taken from Madison Square Garden's roof on May 4. It was the first commercial projection, which was very unforgettable for them.
In the year 1898 the Lathams abandoned motion pictures and lost their patents. Major Latham outlived his sons; by 1910 . After that, both Otway and Grey, who are said to have been hedonistic in nature, had died.
Latham, aided by the collaboration of Dickson and Lauste, is remembered well for the invention of the Latham loop which is placed inside movie cameras and projectors, a remarkable development in the history of cinema because it allowed the motion pictures to be continuously shot without any hindrances and projected for a much longer period than the one-minute films of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope. Shortly before his death in 1911, Latham testified regarding the 'Latham loop' at a patent hearing.


Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Additional information:
Invention of the Latham loop is definitely credited to film pioneers William Kennedy Laurie Dickson and Eugene Lauste. Both men worked really hard with Woodville Latham, developing a motion picture camera and projector in the year 1895.


Note:
Wood Latham also contributed well in "The Latham Loop" that is used in film projection and for image capture too. The same isolates the filmstrip from vibrating and tension, allowing movies to be continuously and rapidly shot and it also projected perfectly for extended periods without any disturbances.