1930s


1931

The Nicolau brothers patent the first toy film projector in Barcelona: the Cine NIC.

>> Watch video Cine Nic.

>> Watch video Cine Nic (La llum del cinema series).

>> Watch video Cine Isuar (La llum del cinema series).

>> Watch video Cine Skob (La llum del cinema series).

1933

The appearance of the first drive-in theatres in the United States.

1935

Louis Lumière presents a prototype for screening films in 3D to the French Academy of Science.

Becky Sharp, by Rouben Mamoulian, the first feature-length film shot entirely using the three-strip Technicolor process.

1937

Appearance of the Cinérama, a multi-projection process on a curved panoramic screen with three synchronized projectors.

1938

>> Watch video España al dia.

1939

The first screening of stereoscopic images using polarized filters.