Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) native Freeman Harrison Owens filed a patent for the first camera to record synchronized sound and video. His employer, however, was later awarded the patent by the New York Supreme Court. Owens worked for several film and radio companies and is credited with 11,812 inventions, among them the plastic lens, which is still used in disposable cameras and sunglasses.
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