History of the film Jacob Davis

sensitive paper

1839

British inventor, William H. Fox Talbot made to light by bathing it in a solution of salt and silver nitrate. The silver turned dark when exposed to light and in turn created a negative, which could be used to print positives on other sheets of light sensitive paper.

animated pictures machine

1867

first machine patented in the United States that showed animated pictures

photographs of motion

1878

British photographer Eadweard Muybridge takes the first successful photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move.

George Eastman introduces film made on a paper

1885

American inventor George Eastman introduces film made on a paper base instead of glass, wound in a roll, eliminating the need for glass plates.

Kodak eliminates

1888

By starting to develop films using its own processing plants, Eastman the need for amateur photographers to process their own pictures.

Kinetoscope

1891

The Lumiere brothers were not the first to project film. The Edison company successfully demonstrated the Kinetoscope, which enabled one person at a time to view moving pictures.

First cartoon

1906

The first animated cartoon is produced.

screen credit

1910

actors in American films began to receive screen credit, and the way to the creation of film stars was opened.

Universal Pictures

1912

Carl Laemmle organizes Universal Pictures, which will become the first major studio.

close-ups

1915

The Bell & Howell 2709 movie camera allows directors to make close-ups without physically moving the camera.

Warner Bros

1923

Warner Bros. is established.

IMAX cinemas

2003

The Matrix Revolutions and a re-release of The Matrix Reloaded could be viewed in IMAX cinemas.