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First Timeline

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  • simon von stampfer

    simon von stampfer
    moving images were produced in revolving drums and disks with independent invention by simon von stampfer

  • william h talbot

    william h talbot
    made paper sensitive to light by bathing it in a solution of salt

  • william lincoln

    william lincoln
    made a device called a zoopraxiscope

  • eadward muybridge

    eadward muybridge
    first successful photographs of motion showing how animals move

  • Eastman Kodak

    Eastman Kodak
    develop its own films using processing plants

  • thomas edison

    thomas edison
    showed his improved vitascope projector and was the first commercially successful

  • cartoon

    cartoon
    the first animated cartoon is produced

  • Bell and Howell

    Bell and Howell
    the bell and howell 2079 movie camera allows directors to use close up

  • western electric and the warner bros

    western electric and the warner bros
    the warner bros agree to allow movies with sound

  • First drive-in movie

    First drive-in movie
    the first drive in movie opened in new jersey

  • Cinema

    Cinema
    The new methods of drama and characterization meant the story chronology may be scrambled, storylines may feature unsettling “twist endings”.

  • cinematic industry

    cinematic industry
    he cinematic industry was threatened by television, and the increasing popularity of the medium meant that some film theatres would become bankrupt and close.