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صفحة: 35
Exciting Moments in American Film History Answer on Student Work Pages 39-41 . 1 When did the following events probably happen ? Choose the correct year using the information in the timeline on page 34 to help you . 1877 1903 1928 1939 1975 1994 A . Steven Spielberg ' s Jaws ( ) was released . The film was one of the first blockbuster summer hits , and revived the troubled film industry that had been in a slump during the summer season . Spielberg introduced special effects into the movie —a mechanical shark that terrified audiences . B . Technicolor was created with a special camera that used three strips of black and white film . After a special process , the three strips were put together and then the film image was in full color . One of the first movies filmed in Technicolor was Gone with the Wind , released in . Now color films replaced the black-and-white movies that had been shown to cinema audiences until then . C . Lightsof New York ( ) was released by Warner Brothers as the first all-dialogue film . One year later , InOld Arizona was released . The film was not shot in the studio , but on location . Audiences were surprised to hear everyday sounds such as food frying , a dog barking and the sounds of footsteps before the character appeared on screen . Previously , movies had been filmed only on studio sets . D . Walt Disney released The Lion King ( ) , the first full-length Disney film to include no human characters . Well-known actors were used as voices for the animated characters ; in previous Disney movies , unknown actors had contributed their voices . The movie used computer-generated imagery in some of its scenes . E . In , Eadweard Muybridge used 12 cameras at equal distances apart , to record the movement of a galloping horse . The series of pictures showed that when a horse gallops , there is a moment when none of its hooves are touching the ground . What had begun as a topic of interest among horse lovers led to the birth of cinema . F . The Great Train Robbery ( ) amazed audiences . Although America's first cinema had opened the year before , previous films had been only two minutes long . The 10-minute movie had a proper storyline , and showed different events happening at the same time . In this first real western , audiences saw a cowboy shooting bullets and were shocked when the camera suddenly focused on a gun that fired straight at them . 2 Where in the timeline do the above events belong ? Rewrite three of the milestones in the timeline , adding the related information from activity 1 and making any other necessary changes . Spielberg ' s mechanical shark
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