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British inventor, William H. Fox Talbot made to light by bathing it in a solution of salt and silver nitrate. The silver turned dark when exposed to light and in turn created a negative, which could be used to print positives on other sheets of light sensitive paper.
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first machine patented in the United States that showed animated pictures
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British photographer Eadweard Muybridge takes the first successful photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move.
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American inventor George Eastman introduces film made on a paper base instead of glass, wound in a roll, eliminating the need for glass plates.
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By starting to develop films using its own processing plants, Eastman the need for amateur photographers to process their own pictures.
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The Lumiere brothers were not the first to project film. The Edison company successfully demonstrated the Kinetoscope, which enabled one person at a time to view moving pictures.
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The first animated cartoon is produced.
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actors in American films began to receive screen credit, and the way to the creation of film stars was opened.
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Carl Laemmle organizes Universal Pictures, which will become the first major studio.
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The Bell & Howell 2709 movie camera allows directors to make close-ups without physically moving the camera.
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Warner Bros. is established.
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The Matrix Revolutions and a re-release of The Matrix Reloaded could be viewed in IMAX cinemas.
