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First motion picture ever made was a horse galloping. It was about five seconds long. Muybridge made a bet that a horse has all his hooves off the ground at one point and made $25,000 dollars because his firends doubted him.The man ended up winning the bet.
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"The May Irwin Kiss" was the first romance film created it was about 18 seconds long.It was directed by William Heise for Thomas Edison.
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"The Yellow Kid," was the first cartoon strip film. It appeared in New York on February 16, 1896. It was published on the Sunday paper and was quickly joined by other comic strips.
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Humorous Phases of Funny Faces was the first cartoon ever made . It was a series of drawn funny faces, including a line drawing of two faces.
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The Great Train Robbery was the first stunt movie/film to be created.Fugitives who robbed a train at a station.
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"Tillie's Punctured Romance" was the first comedy ever made.
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The first-ever film sequel was Thomas Dixon Jr.'s The Fall of a Nation, released way back in 1916
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That Technicolor production, "The Gulf Between," a romantic comedy now considered a lost film, premiered in 1917
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"The Jazz Singer." A sound film is a motion picture with sound. This was the end of silent film.
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The first official Best Picture winner also the only silent film to win Best Picture was Wings, directed by William Wellman.
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Wizard of Oz was the first live color coast-to-coast telecast. It all started with a commercial.
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The first movie to use computer-generated imagery (CGI) was "Westworld." Involved rendering special effects on a computer rather than physically.
