Film Events

  • Start of Film (Horse Gaits)

    Start of Film (Horse Gaits)
    Eadward Muybridge made a bet of $25,000 that horses running at full speed have all their legs above ground at one point. He won the bet and proved he was right by having a series of cameras shoot one by one and had a cinema effect.
  • Film Camera

    Film Camera
    The first patented film was created by Louis le Prince.
  • Roundhay Garden Scene

    Roundhay Garden Scene
    This was the first real film and is known as the earliest surviving motion picture in England.
  • Kinetoscope Parlor

    Kinetoscope Parlor
    The kinetoscope was introduced as a "movie theater" that was only meant for one person audience.
  • Cinematograph

    Cinematograph
    A projector was created for an audience of more than one person since Edison didn't want that and this was created by the Lumière brothers.
  • The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery
    The first Narrative film in the US created by Thomas Edison and Edwin Porter. First longest movie of 12 minutes.
  • Popularity of Nickelodeon

    Popularity of Nickelodeon
    The term was popularized by Harry Davis and John Harris who opened a smallfront theatre on Smithfield Street.
  • MPPC

    MPPC
    The MPPC was founded and it was a trust that if you try to make a movie of your own in attempt of sucess, they will raid your stuff.
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    Pirates of the Caribbean, Curse of the Black Pearl, was the first movie of the series to to have come out and started the adventures between Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swan.
  • Peter Pan

    Peter Pan
    The 2003 film based off of JM Barrie's most known novel about the classic tale of a boy who never grew up.
  • Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 2

    Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 2
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 came out on this day and is known as the "end of childhood" for many people since it is the last movie of the Harry Potter series.