History of Animation Timeline

By carly.kenny
  • Peter Roget showed his paper the "persistance of vision with regard to moving objects' to the British royal society

    Peter Roget showed his paper the "persistance of vision with regard to moving objects' to the British royal society

  • Thomas Edison showed his creation of the kinetoscope which projected a 50ft length of film in about 13 seconds.

    Thomas Edison showed his creation of the kinetoscope which projected a 50ft length of film in about 13 seconds.

  • George Eastman began building a manufacture of photographic film strips using a nitro-cellulose base.

    George Eastman began building a manufacture of photographic film strips using a nitro-cellulose base.

  • Winsor McCay produced a cartoon called "Gertie, The Trained Dinosaur" which amazingly was made of 10,000 drawings.

    Winsor McCay produced a cartoon called "Gertie, The Trained Dinosaur" which amazingly was made of 10,000 drawings.

  • Ken Knowlton, when he worked at Bell Laboratories, started developing computer techniques for making animated movies.

    Ken Knowlton, when he worked at Bell Laboratories, started developing computer techniques for making animated movies.