The present chapter outlines the development of video analysis as an analytical method within the fields of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. The chapter describes the origins of video recording and presents some of the pioneers of data collection and data analysis (C. Goodwin, G. Jefferson, M. Goodwin, C. Heath, among others). The development of systematic analytical procedures of video-data is sketched out. Some of the classical and seminal analyses of multiparty participation, how gestures enter interactional meaning-making, and how storytelling is organised (e.g. C. Goodwin & M. Goodwin) are described. The development of video analysis through time as it is gaining central position in ethnomethodological and in CA studies is briefly outlined.