Timeline of The History of Video Production By Will Norton
1878 A British photographer named Eadweard Muybridge takes the first good photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move. Source: e/film_chron.cfm e/film_chron.cfm
1887 Hannibal Goodwin invents film Source: /barcelos/timeline.htm /barcelos/timeline.htm
1891 Thomas Edison invents first motion picture device. Source: history-of-photography-and-videography.html history-of-photography-and-videography.html
1894 Edison Manufacturing Company begins selling Kinetoscopes to the public Source: bl_Edison_Motion_Pictures.htm bl_Edison_Motion_Pictures.htm
1892 The Black Maria, first motion picture development studio, is built. Source: bl_Edison_Motion_Pictures.htm bl_Edison_Motion_Pictures.htm
1901 Kodak introduces first 120mm film Source: history-of-photography-and-videography.html history-of-photography-and-videography.html
1914 The World, the Flesh and the Devil, the first color film, is released. Source: history-of-photography-and-videography.html history-of-photography-and-videography.html
1915 William Fox creates the Fox Film Corporation, bringing motion picture production, distribution, and theaters into one business. Source: e/film_chron.cfm e/film_chron.cfm
1917 Introduction of Technicolor Source: /barcelos/timeline.htm /barcelos/timeline.htm
1923 Kodak introduces the 16mm film, a cheap alternative. Source: history-of-photography-and-videography.html
1926 First motion picture negative duplicator is invented to duplicate film negatives without the use of a secondary camera. Source: history-of-photography-and-videography.html history-of-photography-and-videography.html
1934 First drive-in movie theater created in New Jersey Source: e/film_chron.cfm e/film_chron.cfm
1936 RCA begins experimental video broadcasts from the Empire State Building Sources: e/film_chron.cfm e/film_chron.cfm
1939 Philo Farnsworth develops first form of video recording system. Source: products/ / _chap01.p df products/ / _chap01.p df
1950 Television begins to takeover movie industry Source: /barcelos/timeline.htm /barcelos/timeline.htm
1951 Ampex Corporation invents first practical video tape recorder. Source: products/ / _chap01.p df products/ / _chap01.p df
1956 Ampex releases their VX-1000 to the public. Source: -video-production-equipment.html -video-production-equipment.html
1965 KODAK introduces Super 8mm film to public Source: oduction/Spotlight_on_Super_8/Super_8mm_ History/index.htm oduction/Spotlight_on_Super_8/Super_8mm_ History/index.htm
1971 Sony releases first VCR Source: blvideo.htm blvideo.htm
1977 Lucas Arts and Lucasfilm produce the first movie of the Star Wars saga, A New Hope. Source: reviews/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope reviews/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope
1983 Sony releases first models of camcorder Source: order.htm order.htm
1985 Quantel introduces Harry, an effects compositing system Source: razor-blade-to-desktop-a-history-of-video- editing razor-blade-to-desktop-a-history-of-video- editing
1994 Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen develop DreamWorks Studios Source: e/film_chron.cfm e/film_chron.cfm
2011 DICE introduces new frostbite engine. Source: