History of Film

By Angel Alamilla

  • Invention of Film

    Invention of Film
    William H. Fox Talbot invented paper sensetive to lightby putting it in a salt and silver nitrate solution

  • First Phasmotrope Demonstration

    First Phasmotrope Demonstration
    Henry Renno Heyl demonstrates the Phasmotrope for the first time, in Philidelphia

  • George Eastman

    George Eastman
    George Eastman introduces film made on paper, rather than glass

  • Kodak

    Kodak
    George Eastman introduces the inexpensive Kodak camera

  • Kinetoscope

    Kinetoscope
    Thomas Edison and W.K. Dickson invent the Kinetoscope

  • Cinematographe

    Cinematographe
    The Lumiere brothers started showing short films in a Paris Café

  • First Private Screening

    First Private Screening
    The Lumiere brothers host the first private screening.

  • The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery
    Edwin Porter creates the first U.S. narrative film called The Great Train Robbery

  • Movie Theater

    Movie Theater
    The first movie theater opens in Pittsburgh

  • Nickelodeon

    Nickelodeon
    Nickelodeon theaters were attracting 26 Million viewers each week

  • First Feature Film

    First Feature Film
    The first feature lenght film is released.

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Charlie Chaplin
    By 1917 Charlie Chaplin was making more than a Million a year, and he was the first 20th century superstar