Narrated history of the evolution of the motion picture, its tools, and important figures. Medium shot and close up of man, dressed in black with white braids along his limbs, for Marey's experiment; CU pan down man's body; man walks past black background for Marey's chronophotographe; CU of resulting photo plate; camera follows man on 19th-century bicycle; woman operates camera using film; man demonstrates Marey's adaptation of his device for film; CU of internal workings.