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Leland Stanford made a bet with his friends of $25,000 that all four legs of a horse come off of the ground while they run. He won!
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George Eastman creates first hand - held box cameras.
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Edison Kinetoscope Films
Thomas Edison creates Kinetoscope/ Peep - Hole viewer. Drop a penny, turn the crank, then look through. -
Black Maria Studio
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First Kinetoscope parlor opened in New York. Popular for about two years.
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'Fred Ott's Sneeze' was the 1rst copyrighted film in the U.S.A
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The Lumiere Brothers have first public screening of film.
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Was Introduced.
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Based on Phenakistiscope, but cylindrical shape.
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One of very first projector. Used light and glass disk. Eadward Muybridge.
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With the arrival of electricity, Broadway set out white lights stretching from 13th to 46th Street in New York City, inspiring the nickname "the Great White Way."
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The 25th US president , William McKinley, was the first US president to be extensively photographed and captured on film.
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A Trip to the Moon is released
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In England James Williamson releases the film, "Fire", which is the first movie to meaningfully combine indoor studio scenes with outdoor shots.
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First Story Film and was used the Parallel Editing.
