Timeline of The History of Video Production

1. Timeline of The History of Video Production By Will Norton

2. 1878 • A British photographer named Eadweard Muybridge takes the first good photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move. • Source: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

3. 1887 • Hannibal Goodwin invents film • Source: http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97/barcelos/timeline.htm

4. 1891 • Thomas Edison invents first motion picture device. • Source: http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

5. 1894 • Edison Manufacturing Company begins selling Kinetoscopes to the public • Source: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_Edison_Motion_Pictures.htm

6. 1892 • The Black Maria, first motion picture development studio, is built. • Source: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_Edison_Motion_Pictures.htm

7. 1901 • Kodak introduces first 120mm film • Source: http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

8. 1914 • The World, the Flesh and the Devil, the first color film, is released. • Source:http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

9. 1915 • William Fox creates the Fox Film Corporation, bringing motion picture production, distribution, and theaters into one business. • Source: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

10. 1917 • Introduction of Technicolor • Source: http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97/barcelos/timeline.htm

11. 1923 • Kodak introduces the 16mm film, a cheap alternative. • Source: http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

12. 1926 • First motion picture negative duplicator is invented to duplicate film negatives without the use of a secondary camera. • Source: http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

13. 1934 • First drive-in movie theater created in New Jersey • Source: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

14. 1936 • RCA begins experimental video broadcasts from the Empire State Building • Sources: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

15. 1939 • Philo Farnsworth develops first form of video recording system. • Source: http://www.mhprofessional.com/downloads/products/0071791361/0071791361_chap01.pdf

16. 1950 • Television begins to takeover movie industry • Source: http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97/barcelos/timeline.htm

17. 1951 • Ampex Corporation invents first practical video tape recorder. • Source: http://www.mhprofessional.com/downloads/products/0071791361/0071791361_chap01.pdf

18. 1956 • Ampex releases their VX-1000 to the public. • Source: http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production-equipment.html

19. 1965 • KODAK introduces Super 8mm film to public • Source: http://motion.kodak.com/motion/Products/Production/Spotlight_on_Super_8/Super_8mm_History/index.htm

20. 1971 • Sony releases first VCR • Source: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvideo.htm

21. 1977 • Lucas Arts and Lucasfilm produce the first movie of the Star Wars saga, A New Hope. • Source:http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope

22. 1983 • Sony releases first models of camcorder • Source: http://www.rewindmuseum.com/vintagecamcorder.htm

23. 1985 • Quantel introduces Harry, an effects compositing system • Source: http://www.netribution.co.uk/guides/from-razor-blade-to-desktop-a-history-of-video-editing

24. 1994 • Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen develop DreamWorks Studios • Source: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

25. 2011 • DICE introduces new frostbite engine. • Source: http://www.frostbite.com/about/history/