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Begining of film history
The begininning of film hisory began in 1890s. -
Creation of the films in the early age
The films of the 1890s were seen mostly via temporary storefront spaces and traveling exhibitors or as acts in vaudeville programs. A film could be under a minute long and could only show one scene. -
Birth of movies
When movies became 'films' -
Animation cartoon
The first animated cartoon was preduced -
Sound added to film
Lee DeForrest demonstrates a method for recording sound on the edge of a film strip -
Motion Pictures
In 1927 motion pictures for films were produced without sound. They called this time the silent era. -
Illustrated songs
Illustrated songs were a notable exception to this trend that began in 1894 in vaudeville houses and persisted as late as the late 1930s in film theaters -
Theaters bring refreshments
Theaters begin to open refreshment stands. -
Tevevison is brodcasted.
RCA begins experimental television broadcasts from the Empire State Building -
Dream works
Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen form the film studio DreamWorks.