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First Motion picture in the Balkans
The Manaki brothers create the first motion picture in the Balkans, The Weavers. They started their film career with a 60 second documentary. Their work was done in the city of Manastir. This was huge for the Ottoman Empire -
Relocation
People saw the origins of Hollywood. They decided that the centre of film industry would be in California instead of New York. They did this because lighting was needed to create these movies. California almost never rained. -
The first Film to have sound
The jazz singer was the first film to have sound. It is the highest grossing movie till this time. However it's not the first 'talkie' -
Walt Disney - First Full-length animated film
Walt Disney was the first to create the first American full-length animated film. The movie was 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'. This was so successful that they made a re-release later. -
Edinbrugh International Film Festival
This is the oldest continually running film festival. This event is more for documentaries. This was the first festival For the Edinbrugh International Film Festival -
Highest Grossing Musical
Movie Musicals were declining people's taste and opinion. Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer released this musical. This making it the highest-grossing musical. -
Film Rating
Film rating was created to give rates to a film. This was a way to put certain films in categories. This was to help people what type of movie they were going to watch. -
Production for Star Trek - Lot's of Editing and CGI needed
Production for Star Trek occurred in 1978. The reason this is on this timeline is because Star Trek is a film in outer space. The editing and creating and CGI was amazing especially during this time. -
Walt Disney (Re-Release)
Walt Disney's classic masterpiece 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' gets a re-release. Due to the popularity and success of the previous movie. Disney decided to make a re-release with more high-quality animation -
Highest Grossing Film
Titanic becomes the first movie to gross over 1,000,000,000 dollars. This makes it the highest grossing film EVER. In 2009, the record was broken -
The American Film Institute
A revised edition of 100 years..100 movies. It retains its place as the greatest movie. In the past century of course. -
Walt Disney Studio's success
Walt Disney become the first ever film to reach 6 billion global box offices. This was done in consecutive years. They were also able to reach 5 billion globally
