Peters, Thomas Kimmwood, 1879-1973

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Motion picture producer, cameraman and inventor.

From the description of Papers of Thomas Kimmwood Peters, 1896-1973 (bulk 1915-1968). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78686467

Peters was born in 1884; he became a pioneer newsreel cameraman who filmed the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, the construction of the Panama Canal, and other events; was also a motion picture producer, cameraman, and inventor; he died on Dec. 1, 1973.

From the description of Papers, 1935-1964. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40720377

Biographical Note

  • 1879, June 27: Born, Norfolk, Va.
  • 1896 - 1898 : Attended Peace College, Mexico City, Mexico
  • 1898: Artist, International Botanical Expedition to the Yucatan, Mexico
  • 1899: Cameraman, Pathé Frères, Vincennes, France
  • 1900: Toured Europe and North Africa making motion pictures for Kinetoscope
  • 1902: Freelance cameraman, Paris, France
  • 1905: President, Peters Photographic Expeditions; made five expeditions to Asia, Australia, and the South Seas
  • 1906: Said to only newsreel photographer to film San Francisco, Calif., earthquake
  • 1909: Filmed construction of the Panama Canal
  • 1915: Invented a microfilm camera using 35 mm film to photograph documents
  • 1920: Inaugurated first regular teaching films in New York schools
  • 1924: Made first commercial rare gas tubes
  • 1926: Married Grace Margaret Price
  • 1937 - 1940 : Archivist of Crypt of Civilization project to store and preserve film, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Ga.
  • 1939: Ph.D., Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Ga.
  • 1945 - 1946 : Professor of audiovisual education and director of China Air Force School, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Ga.
  • 1973, Dec. 1: Died, California

From the guide to the Thomas Kimmwood Peters Papers, 1896-1973, (bulk 1915-1968), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Biography

Peters was born in 1884; he became a pioneer newsreel cameraman who filmed the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, the construction of the Panama Canal, and other events; was also a motion picture producer, cameraman, and inventor; he died on December 1, 1973.

From the guide to the Thomas Kimmwood Peters Papers, 1935-1964, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

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Subject
Cameras
Documentary films
Educational films
Motion pictures in education
Motion picture cameras
Motion pictures
Motion pictures
Nonfiction films
Photojournalists
Science films
Travelogues (Motion pictures)
Occupation
Cameramen
Inventors
Motion picture producers and directors
Motion picture producers
News photographers
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Birth 1879-06-27

Death 1973

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