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First Still Photograph
In this year, the first still photograph was taken. The photograph is called "The View from A Window at Le Gras". It was taken by photoprager Claude Niepce. This one picture took 8 hours to expose! -
Phenakistoscope Introduced
Phenakistoscope, which was a toy illusion, was presented in that year by Joseph Plateau. Different pictures could be viewed on the toy. -
Zoetrope Introduced
Zoetrope In ActionIn that year, the Zoetrope was presented by a man named William George Horner. The Zoetrope was like the Phenakistoscope, except the Zoetrope had a rotating bottom with several pictures. -
Negatives Are Now on Paper Instead of Glass
That year was an important year for advancing cinema. The negatives were now on paper instead of glass. This was possible by a man named Henry Fox Talbot. -
Praxinoscope Introduced
The Praxinoscope was similar to the Zoetrope. The Praxinoscope had the same roatating disc but people viewed the photos reflected on a mirror. -
Muybridge's Horses
Race Horse First Film Ever 1878 Eadweard MuybridgeEadweard Muybridge finally captures a film with movement after being unsuccessful for five years. He did this to find out whether horses' hooves completely lifted off the ground when running. -
Etienne Jules Marey Studies Bird Flight
Etienne Jules Marey was inspired by the horse film and started his own study on the flight of birds. His invention produced 12 images on a circle disc. -
Thomas A. Edison Designs Machine
Thomas A. Edison's invention that year was to display moving pictures. He started experimenting with it with his assistant W.K.L Dickson. -
Emile Reynaud and the Praxinoscope.
Emile Reynaud creates a larger praxinoscope in that year. -
Edison and Dicksonn are Ready to Showcase Kinetoscope
The Kinetograph camera and Kinetoscope viewing box are displayed in that year. -
Reynaud Has the First Public Showcase of Motion Pictures
In that year, Reynaud uses his Praxinoscope to show the moving pictures. The effect of the machine was that it was shaky and unstable. -
Cinématographe Introduced
Louis and Auguste Lumière both invent a machine which records and projects at the same time. This became the standard film for nearly 25 years. -
The First Film Shot with the Cinématographe Camera
La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon (1895) - Frères Lumière
This first film shot with the camera was shown to the public in Paris that same month it was shot -
Herman Casler and W.K.L Dickson Produce a Projector
The projector was unusual beause it used a 70 mm film which made the photos very clear. -
The American Mutoscope Company become the most popular film company in America
The company had both projecting films and the Mutoscope. -
"Voyage to the Moon" By Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès -1902- Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon)A fifteen-minute film parody of a story by HG Wells and Jules Verne. The film had special effects used and used color by hand-painting and tinting. -
The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Starts Making DIfferent FIlm
The company starts making film in the 35mm format rather than 70 mm. This changed led to boost sales. -
1905 Rescued by Rover
Cecil Milton Hepworth: Rescued by Rover (1905)
A film in which Cecil Hepworth, his wife, child and dog, are in.
