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Begining of film
In 1895 there was a bet that at one point in time while a horse runs all four of its feet are off the ground. To prove the bet the guys set up multiple cameras in a row and snapped them allat once as the horse passed by. -
Projection of movies
The Lumiere brothers in France decided to project movies for multiple people to watch at a time. And it was a great success -
The first "epic"
The great train robbery was twelve minutes long and considered the first epic -
Nickelodeons
Nickelodeons showed short movies with live performances between them -
Nckelodeon Explosion
Nickelodeons attracted 26 milllion viewers a week -
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin headlined the silent movie era and earned 1 million a week which forthe time was obsurd