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First photo taken
first still photo. Took 8hrs to expose -
The start of motion pictures
This is were it all started, all from rich guys betting. In the end when they looked at the pictures and saw an illusion of a moving hores. -
celluloid film
Gooddwin invented cellluloid film. HIghly flamable. Mny films filmed with it are lost. It decayed at a fast rate -
eddison and dickson
eddison and dickson partner. built studio on eddisons laberatory grounds -
eddison kinetescope unvailed
Eddisson shows kinetescpe. Didnt patent out side of the us -
R.W Paul and Birt Acres
They make a functional camera. Eventually split up -
Boxing kangaroo
FIlm of a man boxing a kangaroo. The film was 18 feet in length -
American Mutoscope and Biography Company
Formed by Dickson. Active until 1928. Motion picture company. -
A trip to the moon
Film adaptation of a book.The film was nearly fourteen minutes. It was the first film to achieve international distribution however this was mostly because od piracy -
The Great Train Robbery
Huge success changed the way people filmed.It also set the new standard for movie lenght to about sixteen minutes. encouraged investors. -
The strenght and agility of insects
The photographer Percy Smith. Shows bugs doing incredable feets
