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A $25,000 bet was made seeing if a horse truly did left all four of its feet of the ground when running at one point.
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A picture was snapped at a high speed, and
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The Lumiere Brothers from France were originally created the first projector which they called a Cinematographe
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A Kinetoscope Parlor is created and exposed to the public.
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Soon, the brothers started creating a series of short fims- up to atleast 30/60 seconds.
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Edison, father of the eletric light bulb and phonograph creates a Peephole Kinetoscope
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As Vaudeville's (small theaters) began popping up all around, they decided to expand. Becoming Nickelodeons
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In 1903, Edwim Porter, employee of Thomas Edison created the first U.S narrative film called The Great Train Robbery
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Thomas Edison led several companies called the motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC) This was formed to help control things withint the picture industry.
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Films were orginally shot on the East Coast where the Film Business orginiated
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By 1910 Nickelodeon theaters were booming with custormers, making millions of dolloars a week.
