TIMELINE OF THE HISTORY OF VIDEO PRODUCTION

B Y : K A T H E R I N E S T O E C K L

~1830S

A French Inventor named Louis Daguerrre placed

a sheet of silver-coated copper treated with iodine

inside a camera and exposed it to an image , thus

developing the first practical method of

photography.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

~1832

January 1, 1832: the earliest animation.

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*note this is not the earliest animation ; its just cute..

~1839

William H. Fox Talbot made paper sensitive to light by putting it in a mixture of silver nitrate and salt. The paper turned dark when exposed to light and created a negative. The negative would be used to print positives on other sheets of light sensitive paper.

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~1957

Russell Kirsch produced the first digital

image on a computer.

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~1877

• Thomas Edison was the first person to record and playback the human

voice using a phonograph.

• A phonograph is a combination of the telephone and telegraph.

http://www.videointerchange.com/audio_history.htm

~1889

Thomas Edison and W. K. Dickson develop the Kintescope. A

Kintescope is peepshow device in which film moves past light.

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~1891The first camera to ever record video was invented by Thomas Edison.

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~1900The first video with sound was produced.

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~1905

On January 1, 1905, the first film with color is

produced.

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~1936

The first television broadcast made available in

London.

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

~1938

George Valensi made the first proposal for color

TV broadcast.

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

~1895

The first public demonstration of motion pictures is displayed

in France.

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

~1951

On January 1, 1951, the videotape was invented.

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~1972

HBO begins on cable television.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

~1978

The first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera is developed.

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~1980

The first consumer camcorder was produced by Sony.

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~1984

Canon releases the first ever electronic still/digital camera.

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~1985

Pixar introduces the first digital imaging processor. It uses

computer algorithms to preform image processing on digital

images.

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~1990

The first Photo CD is introduced by Kodak. It can

store digital images easily.

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~2008

Polaroid announces the discontinuance of instant

film products. This leads to a boom in digital imaging

technology.

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