history of film

Invention of the Thaumatrope

Jan 3, 1824

Dr. John Ayrton Paris invented the thaumatrope a allusion to make you think a image is moving by flipping a card to the opposite side to make the picture move.

Phenakistoscope

Feb 3, 1832

Belgian inventor Joseph Plateau, a device that simulated motion by having a series of motions on the perimeter of the card. When you spin it you will see a moving picture.

Invention of the celluloid film

Sep 4, 1839

William H. Fox Talbot, an English archaeologist that invented the celluloid film, The celluloid film is a paper sensitive to light by bathing it in a solution of salt and silver nitrate when exposed to light it creates a visible image.

Invention of the kinetoscope

Mar 4, 1861

Thomas Edison invented the kinetoscope, the kinetoscope is a exhibition device, designed for films to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole. How it works is it is a fast moving strip of paper with images that move fast to make a moving picture.

invention of the Phasmotrope

Sep 4, 1870

Henry Renno Heyl was the inventor of the Phasmotrope, The Phasmotrope is a invention that showed a rapid succession of still photographs of dancers, giving the illusion of motion.

first video camera

Jul 31, 1891

In 1891, Thomas Edison's employer William Kennedy Laurie Dickson invented the first movie camera called the Kinetograph.

First use of color in film

Mar 22, 1902

The first known film to successfully use the Kinemacolor process was A Trip to the Moon (1902)

First animated film with sound

Jul 29, 1928

The first animated film with sound was "Steam Boat Wille" By Walt Disney