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The History Of Film
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A Bets made
A $25,000 bet was made seeing if a horse truly did left all four of its feet of the ground when running at one point. -
Snap!
A picture was snapped at a high speed, and
turns out horses do turn left all four legs -
A family trait
The Lumiere Brothers from France were originally created the first projector which they called a Cinematographe -
A what?
A Kinetoscope Parlor is created and exposed to the public. -
Short Stories
Soon, the brothers started creating a series of short fims- up to atleast 30/60 seconds. -
The Big Bang of Film
Edison, father of the eletric light bulb and phonograph creates a Peephole Kinetoscope -
A new dawn
As Vaudeville's (small theaters) began popping up all around, they decided to expand. Becoming Nickelodeons -
Big Boy Edwin
In 1903, Edwim Porter, employee of Thomas Edison created the first U.S narrative film called The Great Train Robbery -
The come up
Thomas Edison led several companies called the motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC) This was formed to help control things withint the picture industry. -
East Side
Films were orginally shot on the East Coast where the Film Business orginiated -
$ Ballin' Nickelodeon $
By 1910 Nickelodeon theaters were booming with custormers, making millions of dolloars a week.