history of film timeline By gunner123 Jan 18, 1832 phenakistiscope was invented card board disc with slots around the edge Jan 1, 1834 zoetrope invented a cylindrical shape Jan 1, 1878 Leland stanfords bet a bet that all four hoves of a hores level thr ground. took still pictures Jan 1, 1879 eadward muybridge invented zoopraxiscope Jan 1, 1888 kinetoscope invented ivented by thomas edison Jan 1, 1888 george eastman introduced the first hand held box camera Jan 1, 1890 cinematograph Jan 1, 1893 americans first movie studio Jan 1, 1893 black maria Jan 1, 1894 first kinetoscope parlor opend in new york Jan 2, 1894 fred otts sneeze was made in edison black maria Dec 28, 1895 lumiere brothers first public film ten short films. 20 min in total Jan 1, 1902 a trip to the moon videoa french silent film Sep 18, 1903 the great train robbery film video