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The Birth of Cinema (1946) | Slate

The Birth of Cinema

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The Birth of Cinema

Naissance du cinéma

The prehistory of the cinema as we know it today, with its great inventors: Marey, Muybridge, Reynaud, Edison, the brothers Lumière and their great inventions: the kinetoscope, the praxinoscope, the chromophotograph, the film camera.

Released: 1946
Runtime: 40m
Genres: Documentary, History
Country: France

Direction and writing

Roger LeenhardtWriter, Director

Georges SadoulWriter, Director

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