1902 in film
The year 1902 in film involved some significant events. Events March 10 – A Circuit Court decision in the United States ends Thomas Edison's monopoly on the 35 mm movie film technology. April 2 – Thomas Lincoln Tally opens the Electric Theater, the first permanent movie theater, in Los Angeles. Tally co-founds the First National Exhibitors Circuit in 1917. August 9 – Georges Méliès' film The Coronation of Edward VII (a staged simulation with inserted actuality footage) is first shown in London on the evening of the Coronation itself. September 1 – actor/producer Méliès premières the first science fiction film, the silent A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans La Lune), at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris, France; it proves an immediate success. One scene features the animated human face of the Moon being struck in the eye by a rocket. William Wardell invents an 11 mm amateur film format, Vitak. Notable films released in 1902 Mitchell and Kenyon Bradford Coronation Procession Burnley v. Manchester United Comic Pictures in High Street, West Bromwich Dewsbury v. Manningham Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford Employees Leaving Storey's Moor Lane Mill, Lancaster The Great Local Derby: Accrington v. Church, Cricket Match