Abstract
What happens when you combine a carbon arc light, a billiard ball coating, a spoked wheel and consecutive images? Motion pictures! Complex and sometimes incredible events led to Thomas Edison's remarkable invention; the beginnings of limelight on a Irish mountain; George Eastman's production of celluloid from the slightly explosive gun cotton; the "magic lantern" of an Austrian ballistics teacher. Then Eadweard Muybridge settled a bet in 1872 by photographs; does a horse raise all four feet when galloping? (Yes.) Today moving pictures, together with television, are enormously powerful mass media. Have we become trapped by our own technology?
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Subject
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931, Eastman, George, 1854-1932, Technology--History, Technology and civilization, Civilization, Modern, Technological innovations--History, Inventions--History, Mass media--History, Motion pictures--Social aspects, Motion pictures--History, Cinematography--History, Projectors--History, Lantern projection--History, Celluloid--History, Motion picture cameras--History
Series
Connections 1
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Duration
00:50:07 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
Science and history students
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| Name | Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc. |
| Role | Distributor |
| Telephone | 1-888-802-6715 |
| Address | 3065 High St., Mohegan Lake, NY 10547 |
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