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1867-The zoopraxiscope by William Lincoln was the first machine patented in the U.S. that showed animated pictures or movies . Moving photographs or drawings were watched through a slit in the zoopraxiscope.
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1891-The Edison company successfully demonstrated the kinetoscope, which allowed one person to view moving pictures at a time.
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1895 -A frenchman named Louis Lumiere invented a portable motion picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe, three functions in one invention.
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1895 -Louis Lumiere and his brother were the first to present projected, moving, photographic, pictures to a paying audience
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1903-The first silent movie was produced by Thomas Edison but directed and filmed by Edison company employee Edwin S. Porter.It was the first narrative moive that told a story.
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1927-The first feature length film with synchronized sound [talkie] was created by Warner Bros’ and director Alan Crosland.
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1935- Kodak develops Kodachrome,the first full-color film emulsion.
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1938- Pathe markets 9.5 mm sound film, cameras, and projectors.
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2010- High Quality movies are made and are able to buy to play at home. Most modern movies are now in 3D films.
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1930-First film made that used microphones to record the actors while they were being filmed.
