Important Shots of Film History
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A Horse in Motion- (1878) Eadweard Muybridge First motion picture.
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The Little Doctor and The Sick Kitten- (1901) George Albert Smith One of the first instances of a moving camera.
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A Trip to the Moon- (1902) Georges Melies The first sci-fi film.
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A Visit to the Seaside- (1908) George Albert Smith The first colored film.
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The Birth of a Nation- (1915) D.W. Griffith The first feature film
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Wings- (1927) William A. Wellman The first “Best Feature Film” according to the Oscars.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs- (1938) David Hand The first feature length animated film.
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The Ten Commandments- (1956) Cecil B. DeMille One of the most iconic “epic” films.
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Psycho- (1960) Alfred Hitchcock The exact moment movie violence got to new extremes.
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Night of the Living Dead- (1968) George A. Romero The death rattle of the original film censors.
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Shaft- (1971) Gordon Parks One of the first films where a POC was top billed in a story about oppressed life.
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Taxi Driver- (1976) Martin Scorsese A violent film that signified a change in the attitudes toward film in the USA.
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Star Wars- (1977) George Lucas A special effects revolution.
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Red Dawn- (1984) John Milius The first PG-13 film.
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Reservoir Dogs- (1992) Quentin Tarantino The film that put modern film in its place.
Dan Arredondo, AVTech Staff
April 13, 2022