Timely resources:
Action: How Movies Area Made (book)
Image Makers: The Adventures of America’s Pioneer Cinematographers (documentary)
Paramount stops releasing major movies on film
10 Films From Cinema’s Earliest Days You Can Watch Now
National Film Registry selects (another) 25 films for preservation
Colour film of 1901, judged world’s earliest ever, found at media museum
100 years of Paramount Pictures
‘These Amazing Shadows’ takes a loving look at film history
Recommended resources:
American Cinema (series)
The Changing Shape of Cinema: The History of Aspect Ratio
Cinema History
A cinematic journey through visual effects
Doing Film History (David Bordwell essay)
Eadweard Muybridge (documentary)
History of Cinematography (Kodak)
History of Film (Wikipedia)
History of Film (TCM series)
History of American Film (Digital History)
History of the Discovery of Cinematography
History of the Motion Picture (About.com)
Film History – By Decade
Film History: An International Journal
Let’s Go To The Movies (video, 1949)
Lesson Plan: Historical & Cultural Contexts (Film Foundation)
Moguls and Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TCM)
Moments That Changed The Movies
Motion Picture History Timeline
Movie History (FilmBug)
100 Years at the Movies (TCM short)
Origins of Auteur Theory (video)
Story of Film (book, documentary; DVD)
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