history of film

Table of Contents

Introduction
Early years, 1830–1910
- Origins
- Edison and the Lumière brothers
- Méliès and Porter
- Early growth of the film industry
The silent years, 1910–27
- Pre-World War I American cinema
- Pre-World War I European cinema
- D.W. Griffith
- Post-World War I European cinema
  - Germany
  - The Soviet Union
- Post-World War I American cinema
The pre-World War II sound era
- Introduction of sound
  - Conversion to sound
  - Postsynchronization
  - Nontechnical effects of sound
- Introduction of color
- The Hollywood studio system
- International cinema
  - Great Britain
  - France
  - Germany and Italy
  - Soviet Union
  - Japan
  - India
The war years and post-World War II trends
- Decline of the Hollywood studios
- The fear of communism
- The threat of television
- Cinema around the world
  - Italy
  - France
  - Great Britain
  - Germany
  - Africa
  - Japan
  - China, Taiwan, and Korea
  - India
  - Australia
  - Russia, eastern Europe, and Central Asia
  - Spain and Mexico
  - Sweden
  - United States
    - The youth cult and other trends of the late 1960s
    - The effect of new technologies
Transition to the 21st century
- The expansion of media culture
- Asian cinema
  - China
  - Taiwan
  - Hong Kong
  - Iran
  - Japan
  - South Korea
- European cinema
  - France
  - Great Britain
  - Eastern Europe and Russia
- Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
- Mexico
- United States

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