History of Films By _____QveenT Jun 2, 1727 Johann H. Schulze, a German physicist, discovers that silver salts turn dark when exposed to light. Sep 5, 1878 British photographer Eadweard Muybridge takes the first successful photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move. Jun 2, 1882 Etienne Marey in France develops a camera, shaped like a gun, that can take twelve pictures per second. Apr 2, 1888 George Eastman introduces the lightweight, inexpensive Kodak camera, using film wound on rollers. Jun 2, 1923 Warner Bros. production company is established. Jun 2, 1927 Motion pictures for films were produced without sound. Jun 2, 1928 Mickey Mouse is introduced in the cartoon Steamboat Willie.
