Gone with the Wind, the drama film directed by Victor Fleming, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
The NBC broadcasted the first live American football game.
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells was broadcasted on the radio, creating mass public hysteria.
The Adventures of Robin Hood, directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley, and starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, was released.
The BBC broadcast the world's first science fiction television program, an adaptation of the play R.U.R.
The first full-length animated feature film, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' premiered.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation established.
The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is established.
20th Century Fox was founded after a merger of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures.
Donald Duck made its first appearance in 'The Wise Little Hen.'
The first Three Stooges film is released.
The US celebrated the opening of its very first drive-in cinema.
Walt Disney released a short film, '3 Little Pigs,' which won the Academy Award Best Animated film in 1934.
The original 'King Kong' movie was shown at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy, New York City, US.
The Mummy film, directed by Karl Freund, was released in the US.
The American horror movie 'White Zombie' was released at New York City's Rivoli Theater.
The movie 'Frankenstein,' based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel of the same name, was released in the US.
Bing Crosby made his nationwide solo radio debut.
The first theater with a movie being projected from the back of the room was opened in New York City.
The original 'Dracula' movie premiered in New York City, starring Bela Lugosi.
Silent romance comedy ''City Lights" by Charlie Chaplin premiered at the Los Angeles Theater.
The world's first colored cartoon with synchronized sound was released.
Betty Boop Makes Her Debut.
The first all-color and all-talking picture, 'On With the Show,' was released.
The Oscars are awarded for the first time.
'In Old Arizona' became the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors.
Popeye the Sailor Man made his first appearance.
A screening test of Walt Disney's ''Steamboat Willie” occurred featuring Mickey Mouse.
Mickey Mouse appeared in his first cartoon.
"Putting Pants on Philip", the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
The first Laurel and Hardy movie, 'The Second Hundred Years,' was released in the United States.
'The Jazz Singer' was released. It was the first motion picture with pre-recorded dialogue, revolutionizing the movie industry.
The silent movie 'IT,' directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, was released in the US.
Walt Disney Studios was formed after previously being known as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.
Charlie Chaplin's silent movie 'The Gold Rush' was released.
Peter Pan made his first on-screen appearance.
The famous iconic Hollywood sign was placed in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, US.
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) began its radio service in the United Kingdom.
The British Broadcasting Company Ltd (BBC) was founded.
Walt Disney incorporated his first film company called Laugh-O-Gram Studio.
The silent horror movie "Nosferatu" was released in Berlin, making it the first-ever vampire movie.
Times Square Theater opened with a capacity of 1,032.
The first German Expressionist film is premiered.
United Artists is founded.
Goldwyn Pictures film studio was founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Edgar Selwyn, and Archibald Selwyn.
The first feature-length silent film comedy, 'Tillie's Punctured Romance,' was released, starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, and Charlie Chaplin.
India's first-ever full-length film, Raja Harishchandra, was released in theaters.
The film and television production and distribution studio Paramount Pictures was founded.
A color motion picture is shown to the general public for the first time.
The Humorous Phases of Funny Faces by James Stuart Blackton became the world's first animation.
