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The first motion picture ever made wasa a horse galloping. It was about five seconds long. Eadweard J. Muybridge made a bet that a horse has all his hooves off the ground at one point and made $25,000 dollars because his friends doubted him.
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George Eastman introduces the lightweight, inexpensive Kodak camera, using film wound on rollers.
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The first showing was a private showing only for the wealthy. The first movie was of a train passing by. Soon lead up to cinemas showing 30-60 second movies.
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In 1905, small storefront theaters opened up. They showed films with pianos to give a sound effect. These showings cost only a nickle, which gave the name Nickelodeon.
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"Tillie's Punctured Romance" was the first comedy ever made.
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Warner Bros. is established in Hollywood. They later create King Kong, The Jazz Singer, and Godzilla.
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With an investment of $30,000, Richard Hollingshead opened the first drive-in on Tuesday June 6, 1933 at a location on Crescent Boulevard, Camden, New Jersey.
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The US used movies as propaganda in WW2 to get people to enlist. They also made realist war dramas for people to watch and honor war heroes. America also used films to spread anti-Nazi propaganda.
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he 1950s, marked a Golden Age' for non-English world cinema. Especially Asian Cinema. Many of the most critically acclaimed Asian films of all time were produced during this decade, including Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Story.
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Ousmane was often known as the "father of African film". He was a Senegalese film director and made his start with the movie "Black Girl".
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Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978, as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Sterling Van Wagenen, John Earle, and Cirina Hampton Catania.
