Movies

First movie

Oct 14, 1888

The first movie made was Roundhay Garden Scene, a stop-motion film that lasted 2.11 seconds long.

First movie filmed in the US

1889

Monkeyshines No.1, a film shot by William K L. Dickinson and William Heise, is believed to be the first movie shot in the US.

First hand-colored film

1895

Annabelle Serpentine Dance was the first hand-colored film to be released. It was released in 1895 and followed a girl, Annabelle Moore, dong a popular dance called the serpentine dance

First example of object manipulation and stop-motion animation

1899

The film The Humpty Dumpty Circus by Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton is regarded as the first example of object manipulation and stop-motion animation

First movie with sound

1927

The first talkie, The Jazz Singer, was released in October 1927 and is a BIG point in the movie industry