Historic Film Events

First Motion Picture

Jun 18, 1878

Muybridge assembled a five second film. The motion picture involoved a horse. The entire motion picture was just a simple stride of a horse.

First Camera Invented

Sep 4, 1888

George Eastman invented the first camera. The kodak company made it in 1888. It was easily ascessible.

First Action Movie

Dec 1, 1903

The First Train Robbery was the title for the first action film. It was also the first western film. It was filmed in 10 locations and opened the door to new film techniques.

First Animated Cartoon

Apr 6, 1906

The first cartoon just involved funny faces. They used stop motion to animate the short film on chalk board.

First Movie Stunt

Nov 12, 1910

All that happened was a man jumped into the hudson river from a burning balloon.

The MPPC Created

Jan 1, 1913

Thomas Edison created the Motion Picture Patents Company to have a monopoly on the motion picture industry.

Motion Picture Industry Heading West

Jan 29, 1913

Movie-Makers headed west to California to avoid MPPC and improve the quality of the movies.

First Comedy Film

Dec 21, 1914

first comedy film was a slapstick type of movie. It was produced by Keystone Film Company.

Warner Bros

Apr 14, 1923

Created by four brothers, Harry, Albert, Jack and Samuel. Harry was the president.

1st Colored Televison Broadcast

Nov 3, 1953

First color coast to coast broadcast ever. It was hosted by the company NBC.

Godfather

Mar 24, 1972

This revolutionized drama movies. Directed by Francis Copella. It casted the famous Al Pacino.

Toy Story

Nov 22, 1995

Revolutionized animated movies for years to come. It was the first animated movie gererated by a computer.