The document summarizes the history of film from the 1800s to the present. It describes how early films in the 1800s used devices like the phenakistoscope to create the illusion of movement. In the 1900s, films began to include more editing and narrative. The nickelodeon era from 1905 made film more accessible to the public. In the 1920s, Hollywood emerged as a major film industry center and studios like Warner Bros. and Disney were established. Sound was introduced to films in the late 1920s and 1930s, though audio quality was still poor. New technologies in the 1940s improved effects, sound, and color in films. Home video formats like VHS and streaming services in later decades changed how people watched