Cinematography, which has undergone many changes since its inception, is an integral part of the field of technology. Today, for example, 3D movies come as a matter of course, but this was not always the case. Today is the anniversary of the release of the first full-length 3D film, but we also remember the arrival of the Windows 2.1 operating system.
Universal's first 3D film (1953)
On May 27, 1953, Universal-International released its first feature-length 3D film, It Came from Outer Space. The first ever 3D film produced by Universal was in black and white, directed by Jack Arnold and starring Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush and even Charles Drake. The film was an adaptation of Ray Bradbury's story called It Came From Outer Space. The film had a footage of less than ninety minutes.
Arrival of MS Windows 2.1 (1988)
Microsoft released two versions of its Windows 1988 operating system in May 2.1. The operating system, which came less than a year after the release of Windows 2.0, featured a graphical user interface and was available in two variants – Windows/286 2.10 and Windows/386 2.10. The Windows 2.1 operating system had the ability to use the extended mode of the Intel 80286 processor. The last version of this operating system - Windows 2.11 - was released in March 1989, the following year Microsoft already released Windows 3.0.
Other events not only from the world of technology
- Louis Glass patents the jukebox (1890)
- San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge opens to the public (1937)
1922 – the first full-length 3D film
1936 – the first talking 3D film
1947 – the first color 3D film
1953 – the first stereophonic 3D film
You are a bit confused….you describe it as the first 3D movie, with stereo sound too…but actually it was just the first 3D movie from Universal Studios
Hello, thank you for the clarification, I will correct the error.
Even colleague Robert is not completely right. For one thing, these are not 3D movies, but stereoscopic movies. And their history is even longer and more complicated.
The first kinetic stereoscopic projection was demonstrated in 1893 by the British William Friese-Greene. In the same year, he had the system patented. But the system was cumbersome and had no chance of success. In 1896, there was even an anaglyph system with active glasses synchronized with the projector.
From the 20s of the 20th century, the first full-length stereoscopic films began to be made. The first ever
was The Power of Love, projected in anaglyph. And the first sound stereoscopic film was the German insurance advertisement Zum Greifen nah (Within Reach), shot on Agfacolor in Dresden.
Quoted from my diploma Stereoscopy and cameraman. FAMU 2013.
Amayo, if you want, I'll be happy to send it to you (vidumg@icloud.com)
I add that The Power of Love was created in 1922, as colleague Robert correctly writes. However, I have not been able to verify the dating of the first sound stereoscopic film.