Film History

By Clay Proulx
  • First Motion Picture

    First Motion Picture

    British photographer Eadweard Muybridge takes the first successful photographs of motion

  • First Camera

    Etinne Marey in France develops a camera that can take twelve pictures per second

  • Peep show device

    Thomas Edison and W.K Dickson develop the Kinetoscope
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    Film History

  • First Cartoon

    The first animated cartoon is produced

  • Movie Theaters

    9000 movie theaters are in the united states

  • Credits

    Credits begin to appear at the beginning of mothion pictures

  • Universal Pictures

    Carl Laemmle organizes Universal Pictures, which will become the first major studio

  • The Lincoln Motion Picture Company

    The first African American owned studio, The Lincoln Motion Picture Company, is founded.

  • Warner Bros.

    Warner Bros is established

  • Movies with Sound

    Western Electric and Warner Bros. agree to develop a system for movies with sound.

  • Steamboat Willie

    Micky Mouse Is introduced in the cartoon Steamboat Willie

  • Refreshment Stands

    Theaters begin to open refreshment stands.

  • First TV Station

    The first commercial television station begins broadcasting.