FilmUp on Instagram: "‘In 1894, the Mutoscope was a popular coin-operated motion picture viewer that offered a unique way to experience early films. Users would insert a coin and then turn a hand crank, which rotated a drum containing hundreds of still photos. These photos, when quickly flipped past a lens, created the illusion of movement, much like a flipbook. The Mutoscope’s simplicity and user-friendliness made it a popular alternative to the Kinetoscope, which used a continuous strip of fil