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In 1827, Joseph Niepce took the first photograph from an upstairs window in his house.
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In 1889, William Laurie Dickson built the first motion-picture camera named "The Kinetograph".
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In 1895, the Lumiere Brothers began creating 30 to 60 scond films and showing them in a Paris cafe for an admission fee of one franc.
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Edison's earlier invention, the phonograph, did not sell well because the pictures and souds would not match. Because of this, Edison created the kinetoscope, which is a device for viewing moving pictures without sound.
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In 1903, Edwin Porter, an employee of Thomas Jefferson, created the film called "The Great Train Robbery". His film had 14 scenes and lasted 12 minutes.
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In Pittsburgh, the first theater opened in order to show only motion pictures. It was named "The Nickelodeon".
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The Motion Picture Patents Company (MPCC) was created in order to control things like film distribution and exhibition.
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Nickelodeon Studios were bringing in 26 milion people a week. Because of this, people who sought big profit were attracted to them.
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In 1924, Walt Disney created the cartoon "Alice In Wonderland".
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In 1938, Disney created its first feature film, "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs".
