The History of Film Timeline

By LBB

  • The First Motion Picture Ever Made

    The First Motion Picture Ever Made
    In the year 1878, Eadward Muybridge set up 24 cameras linked to tripwires to take several pictures of a horse galloping. He then developed and projected the images to with his invention, the Zoopraxiscope. And the rest was history.

  • The Zoopraxiscope

    The Zoopraxiscope
    Created by Eadward Muybridge, the Zoopraxiscope an early device for displaying motion pictures. Some consider it to be the first movie projector. It was used to create the first motion picture ever made.

  • Eastman Dry Plate Factory

    Eastman Dry Plate Factory
    American entrepreneur, George Eastman starts to commercially manufacture dry plates for photography in 1880. In 1881, he founded the Eastman Dry Plate Factory. This aided making photography mainstream by popularizing roll film.

  • The Chronophotographic Gun

    The Chronophotographic Gun
    Etienne-Jules Marey was a photographer that invented the chronophotographic gun in 1882. This rifle-shaped camera was able to take 12 pictures in a second. Marey used the camera to study many different animals.