The following is an overview of the events of 1889 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

Events

Eastman Kodak The Eastman Kodak Company (referred to simply as Kodak ) is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in analogue photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorpor ...

is the first company to begin commercial production of film on a flexible transparent base,

celluloid Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often with added dyes and other agents. Once much more common for its use as photographic film before the advent of safer methods, celluloid's common contemporar ...

. * The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film are made in

Hyde Park, London Hyde Park is a Grade I-listed major park in Westminster, Greater London, the largest of the four Royal Parks that form a chain from the entrance to Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Pa ...

William Friese Greene William Friese-Greene (born William Edward Green, 7 September 1855 – 5 May 1921) was a prolific English inventor and professional photographer. He was known as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures, having devised a series of cameras in 1 ...

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Wordsworth Donisthorpe __NOTOC__Wordsworth Donisthorpe (24 March 1847 – 30 January 1914) was an English barrister, individualist anarchist and inventor, pioneer of cinematography and chess enthusiast. Life and work Donisthorpe was born in Leeds, on 24 March 1847. ...

invents the Kinesigraph, which photographs a round image on 68 mm film. *

William K. L. Dickson William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a British inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison. Early life William Kennedy Dickson was born on 3 August 1860 in ...

completes his work for

Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventio ...

on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1890. '' Monkeyshines No. 1'' becomes the first film shot on the system.

Films

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Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses ''Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses'' (also known as ''Hyde Park Corner'') is a 1889 British short silent actuality film, shot by inventor and film pioneer William Friese-Greene. The film depicts life ...

'' (also known as ''Hyde Park Corner''), a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

and the first moving picture developed on celluloid film, directed by

William Friese-Greene William Friese-Greene (born William Edward Green, 7 September 1855 – 5 May 1921) was a prolific English inventor and professional photographer. He was known as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures, having devised a series of cameras in 1 ...

*'' Monkeyshines No. 1'' – contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890.

Births

References

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