The History of Film

first motion picture camera

Jan 1, 1889

Mrs. Edison along with Laurie Dickson made the first motion camera. They called it the Kinetograph

first movie theater

Feb 5, 1894

the first movie theater open in New York. Its now know as Broadway. People could watch filims for 25 cents.

first cinema camera

Sep 18, 1895

the cross between a projecter and camera are created. it is called the cinématograph.

first animation

Feb 8, 1914

Winsor McCay is the first animator. he created a dinosaur movie called Gertie the Dinosaur.

Alice in Wonderland

Apr 29, 1924

walt disney creates his first cartoon. it is titled alice in wonderland. it also became his most iconic cartoon after mickey mouse

Snow White

Feb 4, 1938

first walt disney full aninated film was released. Became his most iconic movie to date

The sound of music

Mar 29, 1965

sound of music became a instant hit at the box office. one of the most popular musicals ever.

Motion Picture Rating System

Nov 1, 1968

the rating system was invented. this was important to the children that didnt know what movies were ok to watch.

Star Wars

May 25, 1977

lucas films ive us his best movie ever. It has since then grossed 1.1 billion dollars and still rising.

HD cameras and TVs

Jan 1, 1993

we got our first taste of crisp camera quaility. this made tv look so much more real. also it gave audience a surreal feeling

Bluetooth

May 15, 2000

bluetooth made it to where we could share film with each others with our phone and computers. it also gave us a look to what microchips in our head might look like

YouTube

Feb 14, 2005

when youtube was relaesed the film companies had something better and a less expensive why or advertising their movie and was putting trailers on youtube. then youtube had ads that would broadcast multiple movies and tv shows. so you would be able to buy them on the website