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First Motion Picture
British photographer Eadweard Muybridge takes the first successful photographs of motion -
First Camera
Etinne Marey in France develops a camera that can take twelve pictures per second -
Peep show device
Thomas Edison and W.K Dickson develop the Kinetoscope -
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Film History
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First Cartoon
The first animated cartoon is produced -
Movie Theaters
9000 movie theaters are in the united states -
Credits
Credits begin to appear at the beginning of mothion pictures -
Universal Pictures
Carl Laemmle organizes Universal Pictures, which will become the first major studio -
The Lincoln Motion Picture Company
The first African American owned studio, The Lincoln Motion Picture Company, is founded. -
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros is established -
Movies with Sound
Western Electric and Warner Bros. agree to develop a system for movies with sound. -
Steamboat Willie
Micky Mouse Is introduced in the cartoon Steamboat Willie -
Refreshment Stands
Theaters begin to open refreshment stands. -
First TV Station
The first commercial television station begins broadcasting.
