What was the first movie ever?

Jon_p_s · 09-07-2003, 11:15 PM

I'm just sort of curios as to what the first movie was and when it came out. I didn't find much when I searched and I couldn't find a previous topic. Also, does anyone know of any good dvds pertaining to the history of films and film making? Thanks for your help

Carl Johnson · 09-07-2003, 11:28 PM

Check out this site on early film making devices.

MatthewLouwrens · 09-08-2003, 12:11 AM

First full length movie was The Sotry Of The Kelly Gang:

from the IMDb

* First film to run for more than 60 minutes.
* Considered the first full-length feature film ever made.
* Only fragments of this film are known to survive.

ThomasC · 09-08-2003, 01:38 AM

Has there been any talk of bringing the fragments of The Story of the Kelly Gang to DVD?

Jon_p_s · 09-08-2003, 01:19 PM

That would be very interesting to see. Are the fragments available on laserdisc or even vhs?

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JustinCleveland · 09-08-2003, 01:50 PM

A horse running was the first ever moving picture, IIRC.

Peter Kline · 09-08-2003, 02:59 PM

Also try thissite for the history of sound films.

Seth--L · 09-08-2003, 05:05 PM

The first motion picture to be projected on a screen and viewed by an audience was Lumière's Workers Leaving the Factory, c.1895.

Edison had been making motion pictures before that, but they could only be viewed by a single person at a time by essentially sticking your head into a box. His first motion picture was The Sneeze, c.1894

Peter Kline · 09-08-2003, 06:00 PM

There was also the Nickelodeon in which you put your nickel in a slot looked through the viewing lenses and saw "The Kiss" and other short films. Those were extremely popular and spawned the movie industry.

Blu · 09-08-2003, 06:24 PM

What was the first movie to have nudity in it?
I've often thought of such things...LOL!

Seth--L · 09-08-2003, 06:25 PM

Those [Kinetoscope] were extremely popular and spawned the movie industry.

Not really. It was the Lumière brother's innovation of projecting pictures on a screen that turned the cinema into a commercially viable international enterprise.

Also, the Edison camera could not be used outdoors. The Lumière's cinematographe could be used indoors and outdoors, was portable (it was sent all over the world, something Edison's could never do and it was short films from exotic places that people payed to see), could project and even print.

There was also the Nickelodeon in which you put your nickel in a slot looked through the viewing lenses and saw "The Kiss" and other short films.

Nickelodeons were movie theaters with an admission price of 5 cents. You're thinking of devices like the Kinetoscope and Mutoscope. Both were short lived because of the Lumière brothers.