First movie

• The First Motion Picture Ever Made - The Horse In Motion (1878)

An 1878 experiment by Eadweard Muybridge in the United States using 24 cameras produced a series of stereoscopic images of a galloping horse, arguably the first "motion picture," though it was not called by this name at the time.

• First Home Movie Ever Made - Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)

The Roundhay Garden Scene is thought to be the oldest surviving film on record. It was directed by the French inventor, Louis Le Prince and features some members of Le Prince's family playfully walking around a garden. The film lasts about two seconds.

• First Movie Ever Shot (U.S.A.) - Monkeyshines No. 1 (1889 or 1890)

"Monkeyshines, No. 1" may very well be the first movie ever shot using a continuous strip of film. It was shot as a camera test by W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise, both of whom worked for Thomas Edison. Historians are
unsure of the exact date this film was shot as it was filmed to be a camera test and not for commercial purposes.

• The First Copyrighted Movie Ever Made - Fred Ott's Sneeze (1893-4)

This title goes to "Fred Ott's Sneeze", which reportedly was the first movie ever made at Thomas Edison's Black Maria rooftop studio. The actual name of this movie is Record of a Sneeze, which was made in late 1893 and copyrighted on January 7, 1894.

• First Movie Ever Made for Projection -- Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory (1895)

The Lumiere Brothers held a private screening of projected movies on March 22, 1895. This test screening was a success. The Lumiere's then held their first paid, public screening of movies on December 28, 1895 in the basement the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris.