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Jan 1, 1500
Before time
18000BC - Cave Paintings - flickering shadows
7000BC - Shadow puppets
2000BC - Ancient Greek drew figures on vases in various stages of movment
180AD - Earliest prototype for Zoetrope - Ting Huan China -
Chinese Magic Lantern
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The Persistence of Vision
Lecture and essay - Peter Roget -
Phenakistoscope - Joseph Plateau
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Daedalum - George Horner
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Flicker Book / Mutascope
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Praxinoscope - Charles Emile Reynaud
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Eadweard May Bridge
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Theatre Optique - Emile Reynaud
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Iventor pf Plasticine - William Harbutt
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Louis & Auguste Lumiere - Brothers
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Special Effects - Geroge Melies
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Stop-Motion - Hand Drwn
J Stuart Blackton - Cited as first true animator -
Fantasmagorie - Emile Cohl
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Little Nemo - Winsor McCoy
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Gertie The Trained Dinosaur - Winsor MrCoy