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Peter Roget showed to the British Royal Society his idea of moving objects. His exact words were " The persistence of vision with regarding to moving objects"
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Dr. Joseph Antoine Plateau and Dr. Simon Ritter created the phenakistoscope. It spun and when it did it created an illusion for the viewer so it looked like pictures.
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Eadward Muybridge photographed animals in motion
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Thomas Edison started his research into motion pictures
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Thomas Edison invented the kinetoscope.
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George Eastman began the manufacture of photographic film.
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Emile Reynaud combined one of her earlier invention (praxinoscope) with a projector opened a new theater called Theatre Optique.
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Louis and Augustine Lumiere gained rights to their invention called the cinematograph capable of project moving pictures.
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Thomas Armat designed the vita scope which projected Thomas Edison's invention.
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The first 5 animations were made, including "Little Nemo".
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Windsor McCay creates "Gertie, The Trained Dinosaur."
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Walt and Roy Disney create the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.
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Walt Disney extended max Fleischer's technique and created Alice's Wonderland.
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John and James Whitney produced "Five Abstract Film Exercises".
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Harry Smith produced animation by drawing directly into film.
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Ed Catmull develops an animation scripting
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Willow uses morphing in live action film.
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Jurassic Park uses CG for realistic creatures.
