"Presents 47 vintage short films and clips from the early years of cinema (1903-1920). The most significant years in the development of moving pictures in the U.S. were those between 1891 and 1920, by which time the cinematographic industry had attained a definite shape and form. The early years belonged to Edison Company, until other entrepreneurs, namely the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company and the American Vitagraph Company arrived. These three East Coast companies controlled most of the industry until the 1920s."
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