History of Film Timeline

Zoopraxiscope Invention

Jan 1, 1830

http://www.kingston.gov.uk/browse/leisure/museum/museum_exhibitions/muybridge/machinery_and_equipment/zoopraxiscope.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?q=zoopraxiscope+muybridge&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1276&bih=1282&tbm=isch&tbnid=vyDwhMMOZRnosM:&imgrefurl=http://www.kingston.gov.uk/browse/leisure/museum/museum_exhibitions/muybridge/machinery_and_equipment/zoopraxiscope.htm&docid=5e6nwE7Gcy1-xM&imgurl=http://www.kingston.gov.uk/muybridge_zoopraxiscope_small_image-2.jpg&w=296&h=221&ei=3OJt

Phenakistoscope Invention

Jan 1, 1832

http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit07.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?q=phenakistoscope+invention&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1276&bih=1282&tbm=isch&tbnid=5EI7JdqbMcY1OM:&imgrefurl=http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit07.htm&docid=QEGKdsiXLDkvmM&imgurl=http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/images/toys3126.jpg&w=341&h=320&ei=neJtULXdLeTI2wWb8oCgCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=181&vpy=185&dur=316&hovh=132&hovw=138&tx=157&ty=107&sig=100186

Zoetrope Invention

Jan 1, 1834

http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit10.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?q=zoetrope+invention&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1276&bih=1282&tbm=isch&tbnid=HwAODZcvmxAcMM:&imgrefurl=http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit10.htm&docid=y4kZ8HXK7-dJVM&imgurl=http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/images/ZoetropeTopView0315.jpg&w=315&h=321&ei=cuJtUNWdMeOS2QX0wIHgCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=323&vpy=175&dur=1288&hovh=227&hovw=222&tx=96&ty=84&sig=100

Invention of paper sensitive to light by solutions of salt and silver nitrate

Jan 1, 1839

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm http://www.google.com/imgres?q=light+sensitive+film&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1276&bih=1282&tbm=isch&tbnid=qx8cga_1DqYXzM:&imgrefurl=http://www.redorbit.com/education/reference_library/technology_1/inventions/2583634/photographic_film/&docid=u2yrfGBSiJf51M&imgurl=http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2004/10/0_a3c0877d59d925f86a0919e67588be41.jpg&w=324&h=300&ei=uGJ0UJDHCYro2QWN9IHQBg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=375&sig=100186588137888541937&

Leland Stanford's Bet

Jan 1, 1877

http://agilewriter.com/Biography/Muybridge.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?q=leland+stanford%27s+bet&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=942&bih=700&tbm=isch&tbnid=BiD89ShRjhxdmM:&imgrefurl=http://www.lightandmatter.com/html_books/lm/ch08/ch08.html&docid=vZbMKntj2LbTaM&imgurl=http://www.lightandmatter.com/html_books/lm/ch08/figs/muybridge.jpg&w=499&h=301&ei=3GJ0UM-pIKKC2wWH4IHoAw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=433&vpy=159&dur=574&hovh=174&hovw=289&tx=169&ty=120&sig=100186588137888541937&page=1&tbnh=125&tbnw=2

"Kodak" Hand-held Box Camera

Jan 1, 1888

http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/eastman.html
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=kodak+handheld+box+camera&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&pwst=1&biw=1276&bih=1282&tbm=isch&tbnid=Q7CLlzzgJJvRXM:&imgrefurl=http://www.maximumpc.com/article/50_most_important_handheld_devices_all_time&docid=FbCv_LplymbLTM&imgurl=http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u112496/kodak_brownie.jpg&w=405&h=349&ei=FeNtULWGLKLm2gW62oCoCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=825&vpy=787&dur=903&hovh=208&hovw=242&tx=114&ty=138&sig=100186588137888541937&page=1&tb

Thomas Edison builds the Kinetoscope

Jan 1, 1891

http://www.lomography.com/magazine/lifestyle/2011/11/05/thomas-edison-and-the-kinetoscope http://www.google.com/imgres?q=kinetoscope&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=942&bih=700&tbm=isch&tbnid=L_PP0idQOUj_OM:&imgrefurl=http://www.victorian-cinema.net/machines.htm&docid=WK0O1zsWboEC7M&imgurl=http://www.victorian-cinema.net/kinetoscope2.jpg&w=303&h=381&ei=GmN0UKuoB4S42gXey4DgBQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=380&sig=100186588137888541937&page=1&tbnh=169&tbnw=134&start=0&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:82&tx=81&

Dickson invented the Kinetograph

Jan 1, 1891

http://inventors.about.com/od/kstartinventions/a/Kinetoscope_2.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?q=kinetograph&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1276&bih=1282&tbm=isch&tbnid=1mLr_R0UUjtzsM:&imgrefurl=https://hhsapush.wikispaces.com/The%2BKinetograph%2Band%2Bthe%2BKinetoscope&docid=BUKPwRy6C1qcYM&imgurl=https://hhsapush.wikispaces.com/file/view/kinetoscope2.jpg/50715727/kinetoscope2.jpg&w=315&h=449&ei=0WF0UNO_Fqal2AX90YHIDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=923&vpy=120&dur=987&hovh=268&hovw=188&tx=122&ty=184&sig=

Black Maria studio

Jan 1, 1893

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhist1.html http://www.google.com/imgres?q=black+maria&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=942&bih=700&tbm=isch&tbnid=ewcz7ToLFylkyM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison%27s_Black_Maria&docid=G5ikYZ3SSw1oJM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Black_Maria.jpg/300px-Black_Maria.jpg&w=300&h=187&ei=O2N0ULVtiujZBY30gdAG&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=148&vpy=191&dur=957&hovh=149&hovw=240&tx=168&ty=88&sig=100186588137888541937&page=1&tbnh=14

First Kinetoscope parlor

Jan 1, 1894

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhist1.html http://www.google.com/imgres?q=first+kinetoscope+parlor+new+york&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=942&bih=700&tbm=isch&tbnid=ICP8w7SJ6k6DJM:&imgrefurl=http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-york-city-and-birth-of-film.html&docid=0sNdlNThvn3kyM&imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1DUpFj9N8S4/TV572Yizz2I/AAAAAAAAIbA/aFgiTCCxhh0/s1600/KinetoscopeParlor1.jpg&w=640&h=448&ei=a2N0UKbZGea62wXU0YHoDg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=458&sig=100186588137888541937&p

Fred Ott's Sneeze

Jan 1, 1894

http://www.retronaut.co/2010/07/fred-otts-sneeze-january-1894/ http://www.google.com/imgres?q=fred+ott&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1276&bih=1282&tbm=isch&tbnid=Z_zSkNZbcogQvM:&imgrefurl=http://www.perfessorbill.com/nostalgia/fredott.htm&docid=_0lm6DXZuWIUGM&imgurl=http://www.perfessorbill.com/nostalgia/fredott.gif&w=300&h=249&ei=AmJ0UL7WJsqe2gWB_oHABA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=305&vpy=154&dur=208&hovh=199&hovw=240&tx=164&ty=145&sig=100186588137888541937&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=174&start=0&ndsp=43&ved=1t:4

The Lumiere Brothers have the first public film screening

Jan 1, 1895

http://www.exeter.ac.uk/bdc/young_bdc/movingpics/movingpics10.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?q=lumiere+brothers+have+the+worlds+first+public+screening&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=942&bih=700&tbm=isch&tbnid=qOspk6LBLSkPkM:&imgrefurl=http://danningma.lofter.com/post/f17cd_24f5b6&docid=h_bxetBQ6mxNsM&itg=1&imgurl=http://imglf6.ph.126.net/4AXfLhQyK9F1lqN3XVZPEQ%253D%253D/6597887803307184686.jpg&w=600&h=457&ei=nGN0UP2ICMKw2QWvkoD4Dw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=112&vpy=195&dur=1602&hovh=196&hovw=257&tx=

A Trip to the Moon

Jan 1, 1902

http://www.filmlinc.com/blog/entry/restored-a-trip-to-the-moon-with-new-air-soundtrack-opens-friday http://www.google.com/imgres?q=a+trip+to+the+moon&start=85&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1276&bih=1282&tbm=isch&tbnid=9EP80vNP2N4iAM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ticotimes.net/Current-Edition/Top-Story/Silent-films-modern-rock-in-Costa-Rica_Friday-September-07-2012&docid=JC1wr-bOBPK3vM&imgurl=http://www.ticotimes.net/var/tico/storage/images/media/images/news-photos/a-trip-to-the-moon/1417546-1-eng-US/

The Great Train Robbery

Jan 1, 1903

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/qt/trainrobbery.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?q=The+Great+train+robbery+filmed&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=942&bih=700&tbm=isch&tbnid=kmYLS8xVdJwg5M:&imgrefurl=http://www.aa1selfstorage.com/uncategorized/fact-or-fiction-a-little-about-ogdensburg-nj-and-our-secret-past/&docid=r6TE72nvIkYh4M&imgurl=http://www.aa1selfstorage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/the-great-train-robbery.jpg&w=555&h=405&ei=umN0UPbFGsWe2AWs2oGYAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=433&vpy=314&d

Paper film eliminates the need for glass plates

Jan 1, 1906

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm http://www.google.com/imgres?q=paper+film&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1276&bih=1282&tbm=isch&tbnid=5QyoMav14BgH0M:&imgrefurl=http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/784440/HP-Wide-Format-Inkjet-Film-Paper/&docid=jo2id3jYGaJMgM&imgurl=http://static.www.odcdn.com/pictures/us/od/sk/lg/784440_sk_lg.jpg&w=250&h=250&ei=TWJ0ULC6Dsi-2gWj0YHoCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=625&vpy=356&dur=590&hovh=200&hovw=200&tx=124&ty=100&sig=100186588137888541937&