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the invention of the Thaumatrope (the earliest version of an optical illusion toy that explanted the concept
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The silver turned dark when exposed to light and created a negative, which could be used to print positives on other sheets of light sensitive paper.
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the invention of the Kinetoscope, patented by Philadelphian Coleman Sellers,
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Etienne Marey in France develops a camera, shaped like a gun, that can take twelve pictures per second.
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George Eastman introduces the lightweight, inexpensive Kodak camera, using film wound on rollers.
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a combination camera and projector, first private screening
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turns cameraman, director and producer to make The Great Train Robbery.
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The first movie theater opens