By: Makenzie Hellums

In 1832 Belgian inventor, Joseph Plateau, invented the Fantascope also called Phenakistiscope or “spindle viewer,” a device that simulated motion.

In 1869 John Wesley Hyatt developed celluloid. It was patented in 1870 and trademarked in 1873, then later used as the base for photographic film.

In 1878 Edward Muybridge successfully captured a galloping horse, proving that all four of the horses feet were off the ground at the same time. He did this by setting up a series of cameras along the horses projected path. He published his work in 1882 and called it “horses in motion.”

In the 1880s French innovator and physiologist Etienne- Jules Marey developed the “photographic gun,” as it was often referred to, which could take multiple photographs per second. The term shooting a film was most likely derived from Mareys invention.

On January 1, 1891 is when the first movie was invented. video-production--2

In 1897 the first television camera employed early versions of the cathode ray tube. production-equipment.html

In 1906 Reginald Fessenden invents wireless telephony, a means for radio waves to carry signals a significant distance.

In 1912 The Radio Act assigns three- and four-letter codes to radio stations and limits broadcasting to the 360m wave length, which jams signals.

In 1925 Radio's The Smith Family introduces the soap opera format.

In the early 1940s, commercially viable color films were brought to the market. production-timeline/

In 1951 is when the first video camera was invented.

In 1956 the Ampex Corporation used magnetic tape technology pioneered by German scientists during World War II to create the first video tape recorder. production-equipment.html

In 1976 Video tape in a large cassette format introduced by both JVC and Panasonic

In 1981 the still video or digital camera (the Sony Mavica single-lens reflex) was first demonstrated

In 1983 the final episode of M*A*S*H draws the largest audience in TV history. More than 125 million homes tuned in. The going rate for a :30 on the 2 1/2-hour finale was $450, techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

In 1988 Apple files a suit charging that Microsoft has pirated Apple's user-friendly graphical interface. ne_text.html

In 1990 intergraph was ranked No. 1 supplier of computer- aided design, manufacturing, and engineering systems in North America and No. 2 in the world, according to industry analysts Daratech and Dataquest.