1929 Event Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam 1923 Event Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin) 1898 Event Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film 1887 Event Hannibal W. Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film 1873 Event "Celluloid" registered as a trademark 1869 Event Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, New York 1869 Event 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented 1837 Birthday John Wesley Hyatt, inventor, celluloid
