POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Thomas Edison, Kinescope, Florence Lawrence
17 Apr 2017
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Photography was invented in the middle of the 19th century. Matthew grady is famous because he wondered around the united states during the civil war. From 1861-1865, there were no video cameras. One of the most famous documentaries is about the civil war that ran for 13 hours. Burns, the director, used the photographs of matthew grady and combined actors reading texts of memoirs from the general, letters from soldiers to wives, letters from lincoln. The civil war in the u. s is the most devastating war for the united states. Throughout the 19th century, there was a major technological advance. The camera and projector was invented: muybridge (1877); first ever person to create a moving image- he is famous for the sequence of a horse running, j. marey (1882) photography gun, first actual motion picture. Created a project to show continuous film: w. dickson worked with thomas edison and took a perforated roll of film and looped it in a box.
