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Industrial revolution
Where the the Revolution had a lot lot of industry to it. Copious amounts of fire, smoke, and death. -
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies. -
Thaumatrope invented
The thaumatrope was a disk or card with images on both sides and strings attached to the side. To operate, one simply twisted the strings and the two images would blend together to create one. -
Phenakistoscope
A device used to move drawings in succession to produce a moving picture. It was invented by Joseph Plateau and Simon Stampfer. -
Britain abolishes slavery
Britain's Abolition Slavery Act goes into effect, with the British government prepared to compensate financially those who lose slaves -
Daguerreotypy
The first publicly available positive photographic process was invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. -
Negative Photographic Process
William Henry Fox Talbot creates a negative photographic process that allowed unlimited positive prints to be produced from each negative. -
First Recording Camera
It was a machine invented by Francis Ronalds that was a forerunner to the movie camera. It allowed for continuous recording over a 12 or 24 hour period. -
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Civil War
The Civil War was a war between the northern and southern United States over the controversial issue of slavery. -
First Motion Picture
The Horse in Motion was one of the first motion pictures ever made. The film was made by putting together images from multiple cameras. https://headsup.boyslife.org/what-was-the-first-movie-ever-made/ -
The motion picture camera
Round hay garden scene is the oldest surviving film produced on a motion picture camera. -
Roundhay Garden Scene
It is believed to be the oldest surviving silent film. -
First film studio
Thomas Edison built the first movie studio in the United States. -
First Cinema
The Berlin wintergarten is the site of the first movie showing, presented by the skladanowsky brothers -
Film industry popularized
Lumière brother release ten short films to the public -
First rotating camera
The first rotating camera for taking panning shots was invented. -
A trip to the Moon
A trip to moon is produced, an early narrative and science fiction film. -
“The Great Train Robbery”
The ten-minute-long “The Great Train Robbery,” was shown, and it was the first Western narrative with a plot. Previously, films were just actions of mundane things like a short dance, a greeting or a kiss. -
Nickelodeon
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WWI
The First World War (Great War) was a global war originating in Europe.
