Film

History of Video: www.digitalhistory.uh.edu

By joi.murray

  • Kodak Camera

    Kodak Camera
    George Eastman makes a lightweight, inexpensive Kodak camera, using film wound on rollers.

  • First Cartoon

    First Cartoon
    First animated cartoon

  • Credits

    Credits
    First credits at beginning of movies are used

  • Production Code

    Production Code
    First production code outlining acceptable motion picture guidelines introduced
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    Camera Lens Further Developed

    Josef M. Petzval develops lenses for portrait and landscape photographs, producing sharper images.

  • Rock 'N Roll

    Rock 'N Roll
    Rock 'N Roll music is first used in a motion picture film (Blackboard Jungle)

  • Smell-O-Vision

    Smell-O-Vision
    First motion picture to use "Smell-O-Vision"

  • First Made-for-TV Film

    First Made-for-TV Film
    The first made-for-TV film broadcasted on NBC.

  • Movie Rating System

    Movie Rating System
    Movie Rating System Introduced: "G" for general audiences; "M" for mature audiences; "R," no one under 16 admitted without an adult guardian; and "X," no one under 16 admitted.

  • Supreme Court Decision

    Supreme Court Decision
    Supreme Court rules that videotapping does not violate copyright laws