VIDEO-CINEMA-MOTION PICTURES-FILM...WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
Video did not exist before film. At one time, all movies were shot on film, the film was then developed, spliced together and voila, a movie. But then television came along and began using 'waves' to send a signal that was broadcast on the airwaves and folks like you and me could sit at home and watch television. Then 'video' tape came along--in really big sizes--and pretty soon shows could be recorded and provided to the public to play at home on a machine called a VCR. In fact, initially, Beta (a really large bulky tape format)...