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George Eastman began the manufacture of photographic film strips using a nitro-cellulose base.
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It displays an animation of images painted on long strips of celluloid.displays an animation of images painted on long strips of celluloid.
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Louis and Augustine Lumiere issued a patent for a device called a cinematograph capable of projecting moving pictures.
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Thomas Armat designed the vitascope which projected the films of Thomas Edison. This machine had a major influence on all sub-sequent projectors.
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J. Stuart Blackton made the first animated film which he called "Humorous phases of funny faces." His method was to draw comical faces on a blackboard and film them. He would stop the film, erase one face to draw another, and then film the newly drawn face.
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In France Emile Cohl produced a film, Phantasmagorie which was the first depicting white figures on a black background.
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Winsor McCay produced an animation sequence using his comic strip character "Little Nemo."
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Walt and Roy Disney found Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.
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Warner Brothers released "The Jazz Singer" which introduced combined sound and images.
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Toy Story first full-length 3D CG feature film