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Indistrial revolution in Britain
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Early development of photography
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First wireless telegram
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Industrial revolution begins in US
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Edison electricity
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Edward James Muybridge%u2019s %u201Cmotion photographs%u201D
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Variety shows throve in saloons
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Edison patents motion picture recording device built by William Dickson
%u2022Kinetograph: records images%u2022Kinetoscope: presents images for viewing -
Louis Aime Augustin LePrince developed motion picture camera
oWhile en route from Dijon to Paris in Sept. 1890 to exhibit his invention his mysteriously disappears, never heard from again -
George Eastman markets first film srips used by Edison.
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First automobiles
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Family oriented Vaudeville begins
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Edison builds %u201Cthe Black Maria%u201D studio.
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Kinetoscope Parlors begin appearing.
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William Dickson leaves Edison and sets up rival company
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Lumiere Bros. unvail the Cinematographe, a camera/projector
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Popularity of Kinetoscope declines
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Edison begins suing competition
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Edison begins %u201Cpatent wars%u201D (lathem loop)
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Trip to the moon released by George Milies
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Life of an American Fireman
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Narrative storytelling dominant in cinema.
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Porter makes the Great Train Robbery
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William Fox purchases his first Nickelodeon.
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Nickelodeon boom begins
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Rescued by Rover (attraction to narration)
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Edison and Biograph join forces, stops suing.
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Griffith leaves for Biograph, making narrative films
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Industry stabilizes due to regulation.
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Vaudeville flourishing in US
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An Unseen Enemy
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Power of MPPC begins to decline.
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Griffith has perfected the 1-reel format
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Develops Tramp character at Keystone
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Fox Film Corporation is founded
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Fox west coast facilities are opened in Hollywood, CA.
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MPPC was officially disbanded
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Vaudeville golden age over
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Vaudeville actors moving to radio and film