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making of the first film to feature the detective character Sherlock Holmes
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Thomas Edison closed "Americas first movie studio", the Edisons Black Maria
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circuit courts decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly in motion picture technology
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Thomas Edison destroys Black Maria
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William fox purchases his first nickelodeon
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the Manaki Brothers created their first motion picture in the balcans, The Weavers
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Carl Lammle opens one of the first movie theatre in chicago
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Variety publishes its first film review
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in the sultans power is the first complete film made in Los Angeles, California
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Matsunosuke Onoe became the first japanese cinema superstar
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newsreel footage of the funeral of Edward Vll was filmed
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D. W. shows the fist major close up shot on film