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Birth of Cinema
Adam Hart-Davis tells how advances in chemistry enabled photography to replace painting as the main visual medium in Victorian Britain. He shows how Victorian cinema began with private viewings through machines called mutoscopes, which worked like giant flick-books.
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Tue 9 Sep 2008
10:30
麻豆社 Two except Yorkshire
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Photography developed into film-making during the Victorian era
Duration: 02:31
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Adam Hart-Davis |