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Johann H. Schulze, a German physicist, discovers that silver salts turn dark when exposed to light.
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Carl Scheele, a Swedish chemist, shows that the changes in the color of the silver salts could be made permanent through the use of chemicals
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united staes first film machine
The first machine patented in the United States that showed animated pictures was a device called the “wheel of life” or “zoopraxiscope”. Patented by William Lincoln, moving drawings or photographs were watched through a slit. -
first succesful photograghs of motion
British photographer Eadweard Muybridge takes the first successful photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move. -
film made on paper base insted of glass
American inventor George Eastman introduces film made on a paper base instead of glass, wound in a roll, eliminating the need for glass plates. -
early period
The films of the 1890s were seen mostly via temporary storefront spaces and traveling exhibitors or as acts in vaudeville programs. -
the Lumiere brothers
The Lumiere brothers were not the first to project film. The Edison company successfully demonstrated the Kinetoscope, which enabled one person at a time to view moving pictures. -
The first commercial exhibition of film took place on April 14, 1894 at the first Kinetoscope parlor ever built
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first motion picture
The year 1900 conveniently marks the emergence of the first motion pictures that can be considered as 'films' - at this point, film-makers begin to introduce basic editing techniques and film narrative -
The first animated cartoon is produced.
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Warner Bros. is established
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Henry Miles sets up the first film exchange, allowing exhibitors to rent films instead of buying them.
