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History of film

This article is about the history of film as an artistic medium. For the history of motion-picture technology, see History of film technology.

The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century.

The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined. There were earlier cinematographic screenings by others; however, the commercial, public screening of ten Lumière brothers' short films in Paris on 28 December 1895, can be regarded as the breakthrough of projected cinematographic motion pictures. The earliest films were in black and white, under a minute long, without recorded sound, and consisted of a single shot from a steady camera. The first decade saw film move from a novelty, to an established mass entertainment industry, with film production companies and studios established throughout the world. Conventions toward a general cinematic language developed, with film editing, camera movements and other cinematic techniques contributing specific roles in the narrat

  • Boards at background, left are displays of parts for Edison ...

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    Boards at background, left are displays of parts for Edison phonographs which were used in management of production and sales promotions. - Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

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    Room used at one point by Charles Edison, the inventor's son, as his office while president of the Edison companies in the 1930s. The large metal tanks to the right are part of a modern halon gas fire suppression system for the building. - Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, Essex County, NJ

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    Thomas Gainsborough was an English portrait and landscape artist, draughtsman, and printmaker, considered to be among the most significant British artists of the 18th century. Aside from having a passion for the arts, Thomas was also the founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

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    EARLY LIFE AND FAMILY

    • Born in Sudbury, Suffolk in 1727, Thomas Gainsborough was the fifth and youngest son of a
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