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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

First Movie


The Library of Congress has begun placing important historical footage on YouTube. Above is the VERY FIRST moving picture, of a man sneezing. Created by Edison Labs in 1893, it used a device called the Kinetograph. This research cost only $13,000 in today's dollars.

Via Wired

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