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3 days ago · In 1908, Thomas Edison spearheaded the creation of a corporate trust between the major film companies in America known as the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC) to limit infringement on his patents. Members of the trust controlled every aspect of the filmmaking process from the creation of film stock, the production of films, and the ...
- Precursors of Film
The Kaiserpanorama, 1880, provided a group stereoscope card...
- History of Film Technology
Cinématographe Lumière at the Institut Lumière, France. The...
- Precursors of Film
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2 days ago · The Winter Olympics was created to feature snow and ice sports that were logistically impossible to hold during the Summer Games. Figure skating (in 1908 and 1920) and ice hockey (in 1920) were featured as Olympic events at the Summer Olympics. The IOC desired to expand this list of sports to encompass other winter activities.
2 days ago · 1908年. 日米両政府間で前年から7度に亘り行われた書簡交換により、「日米紳士協約」に基づく日本人の移民制限が開始される。 写真だけのお見合いをして、在米日本人男性のもとへ嫁ぐ女性、所謂「写真花嫁」の渡航が始まる。 1909年
2 days ago · Olympic Games, athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century. Before the 1970s the Games were officially limited to competitors with amateur status, but in the 1980s many events were opened to professional athletes.
4 days ago · Who was the founder of Ford Motor Company? Where is the Ford Motor Company's headquarters? When did the Ford Motor Company stop making the Model T? When did the Ford Motor Company sell the Jaguar and Land Rover brands?
2 days ago · In 1891 the first French national championships were held in the Stade Français, as a men’s interclub competition. In 1897 women’s singles matches were added to tournament play. Women’s doubles matches were added in 1925, the same year that the championships were opened to non-French players.
