The world's first colored cartoon with synchronized sound was released.
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.
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.
The Great Train Robbery, the first-ever Western film, was released.
The first movie projector, correctly named the kinetoscope, was patented by Thomas Edison.
The Lumière brothers record their first footage.
The world-famous Swan Lake ballet premiered in St. Petersburg at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
The first motion picture was filmed using several cameras to capture galloping horses.
The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience at the Philadelphia Academy of Music.
