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Eadward Muybridge & Sallie Gardner
Eadward Muybridge took 24 pictures of the horse, Sallie Gardner and flipped through them to create what seemed to be motion -
The Chrotophotographic Gun by Etienne Jules Marey
Frenchman Etienne Jules Marey invented a "chronophotographic gun" that could photograph 12 frames per second. The phrase "shooting a film" relates to his creation. -
Nitrate Celluloid Film Invented!!
The earliest film was made on extramely thin paper, nitrate celluloid film was more flexible and convient for movie makers to use. This is the basis for today's film (before digital). -
The Black Maria
Construction of the Black Maria, the first film studio in the US, in Westorange, NJ was completed. -
The Start of Something New: Kinetoscope Parlors
The Holland Brothers Kinetoscope Parlor, the world's first kinetoscope parlor opened at 1155 Broadway New York, New York. -
The First Viewing
In Richmond, Indiana Charles Francis Jenkins was the first person to show a filmed motion picture for an audience on a screen. Also, the first film with color. -
The Movies Forever!!
Edisonia Vitascope Theatre opened (by Mitchell H. Mark) as the world's first permanent movie theatre -
Le Manoir la Diable
Georges Melies releases the comedy Le Manoir du Diable, which becomes the basis for horror films -
New Cartoons
Vitagraph was the first to use stop-motion in an animated film called, "The Humpty Dumpty Circus". -
Goodbye, Black Maria
The Black Maria comes to a close after 9 years, and over 75 films -
A Pause..
Film entertainment slows down eventually to a stop as the US entered World War I -
Latham Loop
An ingenious invention that kept film from cming in contact with moving parts of the interior of cameras, making filming for long periods easier. It was created by Woodville Latham, William K.L Dickson and Eugene Lauste. Patented 1985, about 20 years later it became the camera used by all film makers. -
Studio Innovation
Georges Melies creates the first film studio with artificial lighting
