The first film in history was made in 1888.
It was made by French inventor Louis Le Prince, who invented the first working film camera.
The film was called ‘Roundhay Garden Scene’.
It was only 2.11 seconds long! It is the oldest film in the world.
Early films were in black and white.
Films did not start having colour until the early 1900s.
Early films were silent. There were no sounds or voices.
In silent films, you had to read what the people were saying.
In the 1920s, the first films with sound were made.
These were mostly short films.
The first full-length film with sound was made in 1927. It was called ‘The Jazz Singer’.