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| 1900 |
| | Australia's Salvation Army produces an ambitious presentation of film and slides in Soldiers of the Cross | |
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| 1902 |
| | Charles Pathé develops film facilities capable of mass production, in Vincennes near Paris | |
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| 1902 |
| | French film pioneer Georges Méliès uses trick effects for his film Journey to the Moon | |
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| 1903 |
| | Edwin S. Porter directs The Great Train Robbery, providing a big commercial success for Thomas Edison's film company | |
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| 1906 |
| | Charles Pathé opens the first purpose-built luxury cinema, the Omnia-Pathé, in Paris | |
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| 1906 |
| | Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, created by New Yorker J. Stuart Blackton, introduces the concept of the animated cartoon | |
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| 1906 |
| | The Story of the Kelly Gang, produced in Australia, is the first feature-length film, with a running time of nearly an hour | |
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| 1908 |
| | The Polyscope Film Company releases the first horror movie, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, filmed from a popular stage production | |
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| 1908 |
| | Swiss chemist Jacques Brandenberger patents cellophane, a flexible transparent film made from cellulose | |
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| 1909 |
| | Mary Pickford begins her film career at sixteen, when she is hired by D.W. Griffith | |
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