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First Motion Picture
Eadweard Muybridge sucessfully captured a moving image of a horse galloping. As a bet, he set up 12 cameras and activated them as a horse gallop along. He won $25,000 because of that bet. -
First Motion Picture Camera
Thomas Edison and W.K. Dickson developed what is now known as the Kinetoscope. It's a device in which film is move pasted a light. Also known as a peep hole theatre. -
The Cinematographe
The Lumiere brothers built a Cinematographe to project movies onto a large screen so many audiences can see the film all at once. It's also very lightweight and portable. The invention of this made the creation of movies a lot enjoyable. -
The Great Train Robbery
"The Great Train Robbery," was one of the first action films and one of the first long films. It was released on December 1st, 1903 and it was about a group of bandits with their tails being chased by a bunch of cops. By making the first ever long movie, people showed up for the thrill. -
Nickelodeon
In Pittsburgh, the first successful permanent movie theatre called "The Nickelodeon" was opened. 450 people attended the opening. The reason why it is called "The Nickelodeon" is because they charged patron only five cents. -
First Sounded Cartoon Movie
The first ever sounded cartoon movie was from Disney's Steamboat Willie. It's the first Mickey Mouse film released and the first ever cartoon with synchronized sound. People were astonished on how sound can be synced up with moving pictures to create the illusion. -
Technicolor
George Eastman shows the first ever technicolor movie. Instead of pure black and white movies, there's some color into the movies. One of the first movies using technicolor was The Wizard of Oz. -
First Drive-In Theater
On January 25, 1933, people on the grounds of Crescent Boulevard in Camden, New Jersey has their first ever drive-in theater. Richard Hollingshead invested $30,000 to construct the drive-in. Many attended the drive-in's grand opening. -
Gone with the Wind
One of the first ever most successful movies during the 1940s. It's a Drama/Romance type of movie about the life of Scarlett O'Hara. It's Box office is >$390 million. -
First Colored Television Broadcast
The first ever color broadcast live on television. Rumors states that it was a commercial rather than anything ordinary. After the first broadcast, everything is now broadcasting in color. -
Creation of VHS
The creation of the first VHS recorder was released in Japan on September 9th, 1976. It was later released worldwide during the years. This created more and more advanced video recording media soon. -
Creation of the DVD
A digital versatile disc, known as the DVD, was released on November 17, 1996. It was developed by Son, Panasonic, Samsung, Toshiba, and Philips. It's known for having an enormous capacity which can hold movies and video games.
