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The first film was ever made
It showed actual consecutive action and is called Roundhay Garden Scene. It is a sort film directed by French inventor Lois Le Prince. The film is only 2.11 seconds long but is still technically a movie -
The first film camera was invented
Tiny photographic images were put in order on to a cylinder, with the idea that when the cylinder was rotated the illusion of motion would be reproduced by reflected light. Dickson unveiled the kinetograph a motion picture camera a machine that could project the moving images onto a screen. -
The first comedy movie was made
Directed and produced by film pioneer Louis Lumiere. Less than 60 seconds long, it shows a boy playing a prank on a gardener. -
The first action film was released
The film’s story follows four bandits who stage a train robbery and are eventually tracked down and defeated by a local posse. -
The first animated cartoon was released
French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon. It was hand drawn. -
The first movie stunt was filmed
Then on the set of the movie “The Count of Monte Cristo” an unknown acrobat was paid five dollars for jumping off a cliff into the sea -
Warner Bros was established
Four brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American film industry -
The first film with sound was made
The first feature film originally presented as a talkie although it had only limited sound sequences and was called The Jazz Singe