When the Movies
Began...
A chronology of the world's film productions and film shows before May,
1896
Compiled
by Stephen Herbert
The
world's first film productions, and first film shows, are the subjects
of this chronology. Establishing exactly who did what, and when, has
always been a contentious area in the field of motion pictures. The
facts listed here include some of the latest findings by researchers
in Europe and America. Today, one hundred years after the introduction
of the Kinetoscope and Cinematographe, new information is still being
discovered.
Our
chronology begins with the production of the first films for Edison's
peepshow Kinetoscope, early in 1893, and follows film production and
presentation until the end of April 1896, after which film production
and presentation spread quickly throughout much of the world. An attempt
has been made to include every projected film presentation to an invited
or public audience.
Stephen
Herbert is a Visual Technology consultant, and researcher in pre-cinema
and early film. He is co-editor (with Luke McKernan) of Who's Who of
Victorian Cinema (BFI, 1996.)
See the
cover illustration
A5,
24pp, includes 70 bibliographic references. ISBN 0 9523941 0 3,
£2.95
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