When were movies first made?
Moment of Um
American Public Media
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Movies are everywhere. They’re on our tablets, phones, and projected onto giant screens. But it hasn’t always been that way! So… when were movies first made? We asked cinema and media historian Laura Isabel Serna about it – and she helped us find the answer!
Got a question flickering in your mind’s eye? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll produce an animated answer!
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| 0:39.3 | Welcome to Wayback Week. We. Hey friends! Welcome to Way Back Week on Moment of Umm, |
| 0:53.8 | featuring five fabulous episodes about the past. |
| 0:57.1 | You'll learn the history of cave paintings, pets, |
| 1:00.0 | sewing machines, and more. |
| 1:02.1 | And if you want to explore the before even more, |
| 1:05.4 | it rhymes, check out the Forever Go podcast. |
| 1:08.4 | Each week on Forever Go, host Joy Dolo, |
| 1:11.0 | that's me, and an intrepid kid co-host dive into the past to uncover amazing stories. |
| 1:17.0 | Learn about the immigrant story behind Superman, the wild fashion of fancy macaroni men, the hidden history of black cowboys, and much, much more. |
| 1:26.5 | Subscribe to Forever ago wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss the new season. brains on. This is the moment of um. Moment of them comes to you from APM Studios and I'm the vintage Fairy Godmother. |
| 2:04.0 | I'm not like a regular Fairy Godmother, turning pumpkins into carriages and all that jazz, my job is to cast spells that remind people what life was like in the olden days. |
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