1. By Luke Carter

2. The first camera capable of taking permanent fixed images was patented by Alexander Wolcott on May 8, 1840 http://photography.lovetoknow.com/First_Camera_Invented

3. The first video camera capable of capturing picture and sound was demonstrated on April 14, 1956. http://www.wisegeek.org/who-invented-the-video-camera.htm

4. The first motion picture was Eadweard Muybridge’s film of a horse galloping, called, “The Horse In Motion.” http://voices.yahoo.com/the-first-movie-ever-made-history-film-firsts- 679245.html?cat=37

5. The first video game, called “Tennis for Two,” was invented by William Higinbotham in 1958. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcomputer_videogames.htm

6. The first video game console was the “Brown Box” invented by Ralph Baer http://content.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,2029221,00.html

7. Phillppe Kahn invented the first camera phone in 1997 when he inserted a tiny camera into a Motorola Startac. http://mashable.com/2012/03/06/philippe-kahn-camera-phone/

8. The first carbon microphone was invented by David Edward Hughes in 1878. http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventions/a/microphone.htm

9. The first non-linear video editing system was the CMX 600 http://www.studiodaily.com/2007/06/the-first-non-linear-editor/

10. The idea of the LCD television screen was first thought of by George Heilmeier in may 1968 http://www.ehow.com/facts_5459492_lcd-tv-history.html

11. 1926s “Don Juan” was the first movie with sound. http://www.ask.com/question/what-was-the-first-movie-with-sound

12. The first camcorder capable of taking digital video was the Sony DCR- VX1000. http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production- equipment.html

13. The first home camera was the Sony Betamax. It was released in 1967. http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production- equipment.html

14. The first movie theater was the Nickelodeon, which opened on June 19, 1905 in Pittsburgh.

15. In 1893, Thomas Edison demonstrated the first film projector to the public. He called his invention the Kinetograph. http://www.ehow.com/about_4679041_who-invented-projector.html

16. The green screen was invented by Larry Butler in 1940 for a film he was working on. http://www.ehow.com/facts_5172459_invented-green-screen_.html

17. The first disposable camera was called the Photo-Pac. It was created in 1949. http://www.ehow.com/about_5418100_invented-disposable-camera.html

18. The first teleprompter was used in 1950. http://www.telmaxteleprompters.com/teleprompters-brief-history.asp

19. “The Viking” was one of the earliest color films. http://www.ask.com/question/what-was-the-first-color-movie

20. IMAX technology first debuted in 1970 at EXPO ‘70 in Japan. https://www.imax.com/corporate/history/

21. The first DVD video was released in 1996. http://www.brighthub.com/electronics/home-theater/articles/34446.aspx