Video History

By Dan55

  • Sound

    Sound
    Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville created the first recording of sound.

  • Video Camera

    Video Camera
    Thomas Edison invented the first video camera.

  • Cinema

    Cinema
    Birth of cinema.

  • Projection

    Projection
    First projecter.

  • The First Movie

    The First Movie
    "The Arrival of a Train" was the first film to be played in theatres.

  • Color Film

    Color Film
    The production of the first film with color.

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Charlie Chaplin
    Making a Living is his first ever film and was shot without a writer and without a director.

  • Kinescope

    Kinescope
    Kinescope process was developed.

  • Savings

    Savings
    The first video tape recorder captured live images from television cameras by converting the camera's electrical impulses and saving the information onto magnetic video tape.

  • Animation

    Animation
    First computer animations.

  • Videocassettes

    Videocassettes
    Sony began selling videocassette recorder (VCR) decks and tapes to the public.

  • Blu-ray

    Blu-ray
    Blu-ray Disc were invented