Evolution of Movie/visual Formats

Before a film could be made a camera that could capture it had to be

Jan 1, 1888

Cinématographe Lumière
the very first patented film camera was designed in England by Frenchman Louis Le Prince in 1888.

First movie

Jan 1, 1896

The first movie is argued but this is most likely the first, made by the Lumiere brothers

First successful Theater was Called Nickelodeon

Jan 1, 1905

The first successful permanent theatre showing only films was "The Nickelodeon", which was opened in Pittsburgh in 1905.

First Feature Kelly Gang

Dec 26, 1906

First feature film, a silent film made in australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06zHofjYqDk

Theaters were springing up across the US and Europe

Jan 1, 1907

One of the earliest animate films

Apr 8, 1911

is a 1911 silent animated short film by American cartoonist Winsor McCay

First movies for home,

Jan 1, 1923

was on 16 mm film which you could set up and play at home

First "talkie"

Oct 1, 1927

The first feature film originally presented as a talkie was The Jazz Singer,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iX2lg4eYwQ

First Color and Audio Cartoon Snow white

Feb 21, 1937

Was created by walt disney.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha-ULMYHAFU

Movies became easier to come by because of the VHS

Feb 1, 1976

The Video Home System (VHS) is a standard for consumer-level use of analog recording on videotape cassettes. It was developed by Victor Company of Japan in the 1970s.

DVD

Feb 21, 1995

DVD ( "digital versatile disc"[or "digital video disc is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD

Blue-ray

Apr 10, 2003

The first consumer device arrived in stores on April 10, 2003 Blue ray has sharper sound and images and can hold more space than the DVD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx3EbomPOJg