VIDEO TIMELINEBy: Madison Brown

1834http://www.earlycinema.com/timeline/

The Zoetrope was introduced by William George Horner. In a Zoetrope the pictures and slots are combined in a rotating drum to display an image.

1887http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhm.html

http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

Thomas Edison invents the motion picture camera called to Kinetograph. Motion pictures became successful in the entertainment industry in less than a decade.

1895http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97/barcelos/timeline.htm

Auguste and Louis Lumier gave the first public showing of the Cinematographe. A Cinematographe was a device that projected motion pictures onto a screen.

1897http://www.earlycinema.com/timeline/

By this time the American Mutoscope Company became the most popular film company in America. The company projected films with the peephole Mutoscope which became more popular than the Kinetoscope.

1905http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97/barcelos/timeline.htm

The first Nickelodeon opened in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. A Nickelodeon was the first movie theater to only show motion pictures. It was called a Nickelodeon because it only cost a nickel.

1923http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

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Warner Brothers was established. Warner Brothers is an American company that produces films, television and home entertainment. Warner Brothers is responsible for the eight Harry Potter movies and is the worlds largest film and television company.

1927http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3140/The-Jazz-Singer/

Warner Brothers created a full- length singing and talking film called The Jazz Singer! The black and white film starred Al Jolson and played a total of ninety minutes.

1929http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

The first Academy Awards was presented.

1937http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

Walt Disney's first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, is produced.

1946http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

The Blue Network, which was a part of NBC, officially becomes ABC Network. The Blue Network was sold to Edward Noble in 1943 for $8,000,000. It was later renamed ABC in 1945.

1948http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

The first cable system, first known as Community Antenna Television, was created in the rural areas of Pennsylvania and Oregon. Its function was to bring signals to towns where reception was poor due to interfering mountains or distance.

1951http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

The famous T.V. show I Heart Lucy premiers. This half-hour show ranks #1 in the nation for four of its six full seasons. The show, unlike many of the live sitcoms, is one of the first to be filmed ahead of the premier time.

1960http://photodoto.com/camera-history-timeline/

EG&G developed an extreme depth underwater camera for the US Navy.

1962http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

Films were mostly aimed at family audiences. Old-fashioned films seemed to be the most popular with block buster productions such as May Poppins (1964), My Fair Lady (1964), and the Sound of Music (1965).

1968http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0150210.html

Motion pictures are labeled with G, PG, R, and X ratings on movies.

1977http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0150210.html

Star Wars hits the movie theaters for the first time. It goes on to become the second highest-grossing film of all time, underneath the 2012 film Avatar.

1997http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0150210.html

Titanic comes into theaters for the first time and becomes the most expensive film of all time costing between $250 and $300 million.

1889http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1989.html

Microsoft releases its Office Suit including Spreadsheet, Word Processer, Database, and Presentation software, which today still dominates in office applications.

2003http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0150210.html

Finding Nemo replaced the Lion King for the highest-grossing animated film of all time.

2010http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

Films became wildly popular once many became released in 3D. The best critical and financial film success was the animation of Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar’s Toy Story 3.