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This was the first portable roll film camera.
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The "Black Maria" was built in New Jersey. The world's first film production.
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Invented by Herman Caster, this penny-in-the-slot machine with a crank that turned a drum containing a series of photographs. It held the illusion of movement.
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The cinematographe was one of the first successful projector’s that was able to project 16 frames-per-second of motion pictures.
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It was set up by the Lumiere Brothers. The public payed to watch the film in the world's first movie theatre. It occured at the Grand Cafe in Paris.
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Georges Melies constructed Euope's first film studio near Paris. *date is nopt accurate
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Directed by Edwin Porter, The life of an American Fireman became the first documentary in America. *Date not accurate
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Films were shown in indoor theaters for a nickel.
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Filmmakers realize that Los Angeles was a good filming area with a favorable climate and a variety of natural scenery.
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First film shot in a set.
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The East-Coast companies formed the MPPC to monopolize the booming industry. This limited artistic freedom, fought piracy, reduced power od distributors and protected priofits.
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Cameraman Billy Bitzer became the first to film entirely indoors using artificial light.
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Independent Moving Pictures acquires the first studio in Hollywood which later becomes Universal Studios. * Date not accurate
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Supreme Court disbands the MPPC because according to them it protected a monopoly.
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The famous movie industry was created in Burbank, California.
