movie technology

  • first motion

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

    Henry Miles sets up the first film exchange, allowing exhibitors to rent films instead of buying them.
  • first cartoon

    The first animated cartoon is produced
  • first african american studio

    click here The first African-American owned studio, The Lincoln Motion Picture Company, is founded.
  • sound

    Lee DeForrest demonstrates a method for recording sound on the edge of a film strip.
  • warner bros

    warner bros
    <a href='http://www.warnerbros.com/'Warner Bros. is established.
  • snow white

    snow white
    Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, is released.
  • america spends money

    1992 Americans spend $12 billion to buy or rent video tapes, compared to just $4.9 billion on box office ticket sales. 76 percent of homes have VCRs.