What was the first VHS movie?

Question

I rememeber as a kid waiting for Star Wars 4-6 to come out on vhs and it seemed to take forever.. i rememeber going to a small rental store and asking about them.

But what was the first movie to come out?

ok so your guess is citizen kane..


and no.. VHS goes back at least as far as 1980.

Answer 1

I am not sure but I do know that Disney released some KId's movies pretty early on in the game.
People making home movies and recording off the TV was the main thing of them owning A ACR.

This is an excerpt from disney


Disney's first releases on tape were 13 titles that were licensed for rental to Fotomat on March 4, 1980,[4] initially in a four-city test (Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, and San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose), to be expanded nationwide by the end of 1980. The agreement specified rental fees ranging from $7.95 to $13.95. This first batch of titles on VHS and Beta included 10 live action movies: Pete's Dragon (#10), The Black Hole (#11), The Love Bug (#12), Escape to Witch Mountain (#13), Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (#14), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (#15), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (#16), The North Avenue Irregulars (#17), The Apple Dumpling Gang (#18), and Hot Lead and Cold Feet (#19); and three of the compilations of short cartoons previously released by DiscoVision: On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends (#20), Kids is Kids starring Donald Duck (#21), and Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale (#22). Later, on December 30, 1980, Mary Poppins (#23) was added to make 14 titles in all.

Answer 2

Well actually the first movie I saw was on Betamax, and that was 2001, does that count.
Ok, that dates me.
Then after that the first VHS movie I rented was Citizen Kane.