film history

  • first camera that took 12 picture per second

  • first film roll

  • tomas edison and w.k. dickson develop the kinetoscope

  • first commercial

  • alfred hitchcock was born

  • first film for renting

  • police givien right to ban movies

  • first film producers

  • first horror movie

  • warner bros. is established

  • first in flight movie

  • first movie with sound

  • paramount announce only sound movies

  • first drive in movie

  • first full length cartoon released by walt disney "snow white"

  • the federal gov. accuses film industry of illegal restraint of trade

  • the blob and the thing are relased

  • first rating system was announced

  • jaws

  • the lord of the rings makes 200 million budget

  • Disney releases Pirates of the Caribbean, the first successful "pirate" film in decades.