History of Video

Video time span

Period: Oct 19, 1850 to Oct 19, 2012

First Patented Moving Picture Machine

Oct 19, 1868

The first machine to alow viewers to watch moving drawings or pictures was called the "zoopraxiscope"

The First Motion Picture

Oct 19, 1878

The first motion picture was in 1878

First Motion Picture Project

Oct 19, 1895

in 1895 the Lumiere brothers were the first to present a motion picture

First Colored film in England

Oct 19, 1902

The first colored film in England

4.,000 Nick Cinemas in U.S

Oct 19, 1907

Nicelodeon had 4,000 cinemas

Most film production based out of New York

Oct 19, 1913

In 1913 Most of The U.S.'s film production was based out of New York

First U.S. Colored Movie

Oct 19, 1918

The first colored movie in the U.S.

First T.V. Showing

Oct 19, 1926

The first show to be on T.V.

First Video Tape recorder

Oct 19, 1956

the AMPEX was a $50,000 first of it's kind tape recorder

NBC Broadcasts First Film

Oct 19, 1964

The first made-for-T.V film was broadcasted on NBC