history of film

  • 1889

    Willian Kennedy and Thomas Alva made the first motion picture with a camera they called the Kinetograph
  • 1894

    The Edison Corporation established a studio for the first motion picture. Kinetograph Production had formed the nickname "Black Maria" and charged a fee of 25 cent to watch a film
  • 1895

    In France 2 brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere had the first private screening that they invented. the "Cinematograph" which was the combination of a camera and projector
  • 1903

    The Great Train Robbery was a film that had a 14 shot cutting between simultaneous events which takes 12 minutes to establish.
  • 1905

    the very first movie theater opened in pittsburgh.
  • 1909

    Poppa Passes was the a movie that new york times had published and the report was on D. W. Griffith
  • 1910

    Talkies was a reality tv show that was introduced by Thomas Edison
  • 1911

    the very first feature film was released when D. W.Griffiths Enoch Arden where screening togther
  • 1912

    The first magazine was published for movie fans
  • 1914

    Charlie Chaplin played the little tramp in his big screen appearance and was also the most famous character