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Oskar Fischinger
In the I 920s, Oskar Fischinger releases an animated film set to music. -
Bessie Smith
Blues singer Bessie Smith appears in Saint Louis Blues (1929), a short film based on the song of the same name. -
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein makes a short film in 1938 called Alexander Nevsky, which includes battle scenes set to music. -
Soundies
‘Soundies’ are made in 1940 for the Panoram visual jukebox.These are short films of musical selections — usually just a band playing their song. -
Walt Disney
In I 940,Walt Disney releases Fantasia, an animated feature film set to famous pieces of classical music. -
The beatles
The Beatles make two short films based on their songs Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane in 1964. -
Bob Dylan
In 1966 Bob Dylan performs Subterranean Homesick Blues on film.The clip includes a celebrity (writer Allen Ginsberg) and has been copied many times. -
Australia Pop
In Australia, promotional films by Australian pop performers are being made on a regular basis by 1966. -
Split Enz
In the late 1970's, New Zealand group Split Enz becomes one of the first bands in the world to produce a complete set of music videos for each song on their album True Colours and sell these on video cassette. -
Daddy Cool
Australia leads the way in the I 970s in the use of music videos when Daddy Cool make a short film to accompany their song Eagle Rock. -
MTV
The US video channel MTV is launched in 1981, beginning an era of 24-hour music on television. -
Duran Duran
In 1983, Duran Duran releases two versions of the music video Girls on Film: a censored
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Micheal Jackson
In 1983 Micheal Jackson spends the equivalent of $1.5 million in the making of his 14-minute video Thriller. -
Fan Created Videos
A number of illegal fan-created videos begin appearing on the internet in the late I 990s.