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Eadward Muybridge took 24 pictures of the horse, Sallie Gardner and flipped through them to create what seemed to be motion
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Frenchman Etienne Jules Marey invented a "chronophotographic gun" that could photograph 12 frames per second. The phrase "shooting a film" relates to his creation.
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The earliest film was made on extramely thin paper, nitrate celluloid film was more flexible and convient for movie makers to use. This is the basis for today's film (before digital).
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Construction of the Black Maria, the first film studio in the US, in Westorange, NJ was completed.
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The Holland Brothers Kinetoscope Parlor, the world's first kinetoscope parlor opened at 1155 Broadway New York, New York.
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In Richmond, Indiana Charles Francis Jenkins was the first person to show a filmed motion picture for an audience on a screen. Also, the first film with color.
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Edisonia Vitascope Theatre opened (by Mitchell H. Mark) as the world's first permanent movie theatre
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Georges Melies releases the comedy Le Manoir du Diable, which becomes the basis for horror films
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Vitagraph was the first to use stop-motion in an animated film called, "The Humpty Dumpty Circus".
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The Black Maria comes to a close after 9 years, and over 75 films
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Film entertainment slows down eventually to a stop as the US entered World War I
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An ingenious invention that kept film from cming in contact with moving parts of the interior of cameras, making filming for long periods easier. It was created by Woodville Latham, William K.L Dickson and Eugene Lauste. Patented 1985, about 20 years later it became the camera used by all film makers.
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Georges Melies creates the first film studio with artificial lighting
