HIST 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Karl Benz, Bessie Coleman, Wright Brothers
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Moving pictures , movie palaces , silent movies of the early 1920s gave rise to the 1st generation of movie stars. Charlie chaplin was one of the biggest stars. Southern california in the 1920s became the center of the american film industry. Film production was originally based in and around ny where thomas edison first invented the kinetoscope. Major filmmakers like d. w. griffith filmed, in old california (1910), the 1st. Model t ford: made car ownership available to the average american movie shot in hollywood. Ford did not invent the automobile- the duryea brothers + gottlieb w. daimler + Karl friedrich benz in germany were early pioneers. Ford focused on mass production + perfected the moving assembly line = enabled him to lower the price. Mass production had benefits + disadvantages to its workers. Ford did not allow his workers to unionize + boring, repetitive nature of assembly line work generated a high turnover rate.
