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The first motion picture ever made was a horse galloping for about 5 seconds.
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George Eastman invented the newly designed, user friendly Kodak cameras.
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" The Great Train Robbery" was the first action film released.
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French animation film by Émile Cohl was created in 1908 and it is considered to be the first animated cartoon.
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Man jumps out of a burning hot air balloon into the Hudson River while a movie camera rolled.
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With the help of money loaned to Harry Warner by his banker Motley Flint, the Warner Brothers formally incorporated Warner Bros. Pictures.
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"The Jazz Singer" was the first feature film presented as a talkie.
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The Wizard of Oz was the game changer in the film industry because they introduced color into the film.
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CBS broadcasted the very first commercial color TV program.
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Steven Spielberg's Jaws is considered the first summer blockbuster.
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In all of Jurassic Park's CG dinosaurs have just 6 minutes of screen time, while dinosaur effects shots make up only 14 minutes of the 127 minute film.
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In the 2000s the transition for film to digital began and by the 210s, digital as the new normal with film being used sparingly.