History of film and video production By Kaitlin.Crawford Jan 1, 1832 Earliest animation Jan 1, 1877 The birth of cinemas Jan 1, 1891 Thomas Edison invented the first camera to ever record video Jan 1, 1895 The first special effect is made The first major special effect was in 1968 Oct 10, 1895 First projecter Jan 1, 1900 First video with sound was made Jan 1, 1905 First film with color is produced Jan 1, 1929 Kinescope process was invinted Jan 1, 1951 The videotape was invinted Jan 1, 1960 first computer animations