AUHIS 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Louis Daguerre, Militarism, D. W. Griffith
29 Sep 2018
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Americans do not invent photography, but they mass produce and standardize it. Almost everyone had come from the east. People start inviting people to move there. Mexican labour some illegal, mostly legal. June assassination of frans ferdinand, future leader of austrian empire. Started as a war between serbia and austria. Russia was determined to make a move because you can only be humiliated so many times. War still doesn"t get too big for a little while. Baseball story captivates most americans at this time. Berlin to baghdad railway between germany and the ottoman turks. Britain and france are getting increasingly worried about germany. American"s are deeply in kahoots with the british and french, not as much with germany. Number ended up in trouble with the law. Early movies made largely in ny and nj. Jewish people that changed their names to avoid persecution. One of the first fairly short movies that makes money.
