Film/Video Timeline By feristheword Jan 2, 1803 Earliest form of movies Sep 8, 1912 Gangster Movie Sep 8, 1920 colored cartoons Sep 8, 1922 3-D Oct 6, 1927 First talking film (The Jazz Singer) source Jan 13, 1928 First Television Broadcast (London and New York) source Sep 8, 1931 Monster Mash Sep 8, 1943 Superheroes Nov 29, 1946 Pinwright's Progress source Sep 8, 1948 first colored newsreel Jun 21, 1951 First colored program was aired by CBS source Aug 1, 1951 Two Sleepy People source Sep 24, 1951 conduction of black and white broadcast experiments and by whom Nov 11, 1951 Videotaped introduced (LA) Dec 17, 1953 RCA source Apr 2, 1954 PALL MALL COMPANY Apr 15, 1956 First all color network (WMAQ-TV) Sep 26, 1960 First Political Debates aired on TV (JFK AND NIXON) Nov 8, 1972 Launching of HBO Nov 27, 1984 launch of pay per view Jan 1, 1995 DVD Sep 24, 1995 CD Cam introduced Sep 24, 1997 Mini DV introuduced Jan 1, 1999 Digital 8 released Jan 1, 2001 Micro MV Digital MPEG-2