Historical Film Events

first motion picture

Jun 18, 1878

Muybridge assembled a 5 second film. The motion picture involved a hoarse. The entire motion picture was just a simple stride of a hoarse.

first camera invented

Sep 4, 1888

George eastman invented the first camera. The kodak company made it in 1888. It was easily ascessible.

first action movie

Dec 1, 1903

the first train robery was the title for the first action movie. It was also the first western film. It was filmed in 10 locations and opened the door to new film techniques

first animated cartoon

Apr 6, 1906

The first cartoon just involved funny faces. They used stop motion to animate this short film on a chalk board

first movie stunt

Nov 12, 1910

all that happened was a man jumped into the hudson river from a burning balloon. this is all the information given.

first comedy film

Dec 21, 1914

The first comedy film was released in late december. it was a slapstick type of movie. It was produced by keystone film company.

warner bros

Apr 14, 1923

Warner bros was established. It was created by 4 brothers, harry, albert, jack and samuel. Harry was the president of the company

1st color telivision broadcast

Nov 3, 1953

first color coast to coast broadcast ever. It was hosted by the compant nbc in 1953.

godfather

Mar 24, 1972

This revolutionized drama movies. Directed by francis copella. It casted the famous Al pacino

Toy Story

Nov 22, 1995

Revolutioized animated movies for years to come. It was the first animated movie generated by a computer.