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Phenakistiscope Invented
This device created an illusion of motion. http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit07.htm
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Zoetrope Invented
This device was similar to the phenakistoscope, but required no mirror to view, and could be used by multiple people at once. http://bizarrelabs.com/persist.htm
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Eadweard Muybridge films Leyland Stanford's horse
This sequence of photographs by Muybridge captured twenty-four shots of a horse, which wer used on the zoopraxiscope, an early animation device. http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=39117
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The Zoopraxiscope Invented
This device was a combination film camera, printer, and projector invented by Eadweard Muybridge. http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/muybridge_image_and_context/zoopraxography/
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Kodak Film and Handheld Camera Invented
These were created by George Eastman, who sought to simplify photography. http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Our_Company/History_of_Kodak/Imaging-_the_basics.htm
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Kinetoscope invented
Thomas Edison and his associates invent the kinetoscope, an early motion picture camera. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhist.html
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Black Maria Constructed
The Black Maria, the first film studio, was constructed by Edison and his team. Features included tar paper walls, a retractable roof, and structure mounted on rails to align with sunlight. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhist1.html
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Fred Ott's Sneeze
This film was the first to be copyrighted, and was filmed at Edison's Black Maria. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/papr:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28edmp+0026A%29%29
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First Kinetoscope arlor opened
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First Public Film Screening
This was held by the Lumiere Brothers in Paris. http://infostory.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/this-day-in-information-first-movie-screening/
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De Voyage dans la Lune
This early science fiction/fantasy film pioneered special effects, headed by the Lumiere Brothers. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trip_to_the_moon-1902/
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The Great Train Robbery released
This was the first narrative film, and the first western. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/papr:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28edmp+2443s1%29%29
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The Jazz Singer
This was the first film released with synchronized dialogue and sound. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018037/
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Academy Awards
The first Academy Awards was held. Best Picture went to Wings (1927) http://history1900s.about.com/od/fadsfashion/a/1928awards.htm
http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/history.html
