The document discusses the history of electricity, movies, and immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It describes key developments like Thomas Edison inventing the light bulb in 1879. It also covers the invention of motion pictures by Eadweard Muybridge in 1878, the Lumière brothers first film screening in 1895, and the rise of nickelodeon theaters between 1907-1915 which helped movies reach mass audiences including immigrants. The transition from silent films to "talkies" in the late 1920s is also summarized.

1. The Electric Age Presentation by Mindy McAdams Thursday, Week 12

4. In part, this was an effort to slow or stop the migration of rural people to the cities. It didn’t work.

17. Inside the Kinetoscope, a continuous loop of film traveled over a series of rollers

27. “ The night of July 12, 1912, was a historic one for the motion picture industry. The elite of the theater world and society figures who would not have been caught viewing a movie, then considered a vulgar form of entertainment, attended the premiere of ‘Queen Elizabeth.’ The movie lasted only 40 minutes, but it has been considered the first feature-length film to be shown in America.” From The New York Times obituary for Adolph Zukor , June 11, 1976

32. The Electric Age Presentation by Mindy McAdams University of Florida