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First movie created
In 1888 the first movie was made and it was the movie called "Roundhay Garden Scene" -
Thomas Edison and his company made the first motion picture camera
In 1888 Thomas Edison and his company had worked very hard to create the first motion picture camera -
First movie theater was created
In 1896 the first storefront movie theater was created out of an old vacant store. -
Started adding color to movies
In 1907 people started adding color to the films because the standard film was just black and white. -
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Started making 90-minute movies
In 1910-1920 they had started to make movies longer because they were only a short clip that lasted about 10-15 minutes long. -
They added sound to movies
In 1927 they started to add sound to their movies as the old movies had no sound. -
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3d movies started to become popular
In 1950-1960 3d movies had started to get very popular. -
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Started to get big screens
In 1970-1980 they had started to add big screens to movie theaters. -
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They started to make movies longer than 90 minutes
In 1980-1990 they started to make movies longer than 90 minutes and they made them about how long the movies we watch today. -
started to move from film to digital projector
In 2009 they had made the choice to switch from film over to a digital projector that was higher tech and better quality.