Video Production Timeline

By: Abby Norton

First Camera InventedJoseph Nicephore Niepce invented the first

camera in 1827. He created it by placing an engraving onto a metal plate coated in bitumen, and then exposed it to light.

First Handheld Camera InventedThomas Skaife may have been first with a camera

he designed in 1858, along with a redesigned version from 1859 that he named the Pistolgraph.

First Video RecorderThe first video cameras were produced in the

1920s in support of the early television systems. John Logie Baird built a camera as part of his television system demonstrated in 1925.

First Digital Video Recorderit is generally agreed that the DVR was invented

in 1997 and the earlier PVR was invented in 1967, while only holding 30 seconds of video - it was revolutionary at the time.

First Movie Produced"The Great Train Robbery"

December 1, 1903

First Colored Movie ProducedThe most well-known movies to use color

were “The Wizard of Oz” and “Gone With the Wind”, both from 1939.

First Camera Phone InventedIn 1994 the camera company now well known

as Olympus created a camera/cell phone product. While the process was slow compared to camera phones developed a few years later, the Olympus product did provide for moving images.

First Video Game InventedWilliam Higinbotham created the first video

game ever in 1958. His game, called "Tennis for Two," was created and played on a Brookhaven National Laboratory oscilloscope.

First Music VideoThe first music video was created in 1894