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The first motion picture
The first motion picture was in 1878, the Motion picture was of a horse galloping. this was the first time anyone has seen a picture in motion. -
Film in process
Inventor George Eastman introduces the Kodak camera. A year later he created the standard transparent film base -
First Motion Picture Camera
Thomas Edison and W.K Dickson develop the Kinetoscope, a device in which film is moved past a light. -
Cinematographe
The Lumiere brothers built a Cinematographe, a lightweight, hand-held motion picture camera. They discovered that their machine could also be used to project images onto a large screen. -
Trip to the Moon
Georges Melies' 'A Trip to the Moon' is released, marking the first science fiction film and innovative use of special effects. -
Give Credit
In New York the actors would not get credit since the owner was greedy and didn't want the fans to want to watch that specific actor. Credits begin to appear at the beginning of motion pictures. -
First 3D Film
First commercially 3D film is released called 'The Power of Love'. It used anaglyph glasses with opposite coloured lenses creating the 3D effect. -
The movies can talk!
Warner Bros.’s 'The Jazz Singer', presents the movie’s first spoken words. the Warner bros.'s thought that having voices would be a bad idea and could end there career. but it did quite the opposite, the people loved it and wanted more of it. -
First cartoon with synchronized sound
Disney's 'Steamboat Willie' was the first Mickey Mouse film released and the first cartoon with synchronized sound. -
Drive-Movie
The first drive-in movie theater opens in New Jersey, USA. this made it easier for people to watch it and helped companies as well and made them build more drive in movie. -
Technicolor
One of the first films to be filmed using Technicolour was the 'Wizard of Oz' in 1939 using a three-strip film process. -
A New Wave
Late 50's, early 60s: French New Wave films burst on the film scene experiementing with new techniques and style.
