The document summarizes key developments in movie technology from the earliest motion pictures through the development of sound, color, 3D, and CGI effects. It notes that the first motion picture was Eadweard Muybridge's Horse in Motion in 1878. The first movie with synchronized sound was Don Juan in 1926, while The Jazz Singer in 1927 was the first full-length talkie. Technicolor revolutionized color films starting in the 1930s, while Avatar in 2009 spurred renewed interest in 3D films.