The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century. See more

Advances towards projection
Throughout the late 19th century, several inventors such as Wordsworth Donisthorpe, See more

New film producing countries
With the worldwide film boom, more countries now joined Britain, France, Germany and the … See more

Sound era
During late 1927, Warners released The Jazz Singer, which was mostly silent but contained what is generally regarded as the first … See more

The use of film as an art form traces its origins to several earlier traditions in the arts such as (oral) storytelling, literature, theatre and visual arts. Cantastoria and similar ancient traditions combined storytelling with series of images that were shown or indicated … See more

Golden years of German cinema, Hollywood triumphant
At the start of the First World War, French and See more

World War II and its aftermath
The desire for wartime propaganda against the opposition created a renaissance in the … See more