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History Of Film

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    The History Of Film

  • A Bets made

    A Bets made
    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.
  • Snap!

    Snap!
    A picture was snapped at a high speed, and
    turns out horses do turn left all four legs
  • A family trait

    A family trait
    The Lumiere Brothers from France were originally created the first projector which they called a Cinematographe
  • A what?

    A what?
    A Kinetoscope Parlor is created and exposed to the public.
  • Short Stories

    Short Stories
    Soon, the brothers started creating a series of short fims- up to atleast 30/60 seconds.
  • The Big Bang of Film

    The Big Bang of Film
    Edison, father of the eletric light bulb and phonograph creates a Peephole Kinetoscope
  • A new dawn

    A new dawn
    As Vaudeville's (small theaters) began popping up all around, they decided to expand. Becoming Nickelodeons
  • Big Boy Edwin

    Big Boy Edwin
    In 1903, Edwim Porter, employee of Thomas Edison created the first U.S narrative film called The Great Train Robbery
  • The come up

    The come up
    Thomas Edison led several companies called the motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC) This was formed to help control things withint the picture industry.
  • East Side

    East Side
    Films were orginally shot on the East Coast where the Film Business orginiated
  • $ Ballin' Nickelodeon $

    $ Ballin' Nickelodeon $
    By 1910 Nickelodeon theaters were booming with custormers, making millions of dolloars a week.