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$25,000 bet asking if all hooves of a horse left the ground when they run.
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George Eastman introduced the first hand-held box camera
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Thomas Edison built the Kinetoscope and it shows 5 second videos.
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Edison and Dickson needed films for their machines before they could exploit them commercially.
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Fist copyrighted film in USA
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Kinetoscope parlor opened in New York.
inspired by Edison’s new device, found ways to project films on a screen -
effectively functioned as camera, projector and printer all in one.
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The showing of approximately ten short films lasting only twenty minutes in total was held in the basement lounge of the Grand Cafe in Paris.
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a machine for projecting slides onto a distant surface.
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based on the same principle as the phenakistiscope, but is cylindrical in shape
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A cardboard disc with slots around the edge, and drawings between the slots, was spun on an axle in front of a mirror.
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The first Si-Fi movie.
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Used the first dummy in film, had a close up shot of a robber shooting at the screen.
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This fire is the reason there are so much saftey rules for theaters.
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Nickelodeons were cheaper and they opened films to a mass audience.
