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1884 George Eastman begins experimenting with celluloid roll film
George Eastman begins experimenting with celluloid roll film -
1889 William Kennedy Laurie Dickson develops the Kinetophonograph while working for Thomas Alva Edison
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson develops the Kinetophonograph while working for Thomas Alva Edison -
1893 Edison's machines debut at the Chicago World's Fair
Edison's machines debut at the Chicago World's Fair -
1894 Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumi?re and Louis Jean Lumi?re develop the Cin?matographe, a portable, crank operated camera
Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumi?re and Louis Jean Lumi?re develop the Cin?matographe, a portable, crank operated camera -
1895 The Lumi?re brothers shoot their first film, Workers Leaving the Lumi?re Factory, the first movie theatre opens in Paris on 28 December, and the Lumi?res show several films there
The Lumi?re brothers shoot their first film, Workers Leaving the Lumi?re Factory, the first movie theatre opens in Paris on 28 December, and the Lumi?res show several films there -
1896 The first public showing of a motion picture to a paying audience occurs on 23 April in New York, featuring Edison and Thomas Armat's Vitascope
The first public showing of a motion picture to a paying audience occurs on 23 April in New York, featuring Edison and Thomas Armat's Vitascope -
1901Cecil Hepworth shoots Rescued by Rove
Cecil Hepworth shoots Rescued by Rove -
1902 Georges M?li?s shoots A Trip to the Moon, marking the first significant use of both narrative and special effects in a film
Georges M?li?s shoots A Trip to the Moon, marking the first significant use of both narrative and special effects in a film -
1903 Edwin S. Porter shoots The Great Train Robbery, which features the infamous sequence of a train racing towards the camera which causes viewers to believe that the train is actually coming off the screen towards them
Edwin S. Porter shoots The Great Train Robbery, which features the infamous sequence of a train racing towards the camera which causes viewers to believe that the train is actually coming off the screen towards them