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- Cinema is the 20th-century form of art and
- entertainment consisting of "moving
- pictures" in either black and white or
- colour, projected onto a screen.
- The industry dates back to the "silent"
- days. Apart from story films, the industry
- produced newsreels of current events and
- documentaries depicting factual life.
- During the 1930s classic dramas and screwball
- comedies were made, during the 1940s war
- films dominated the cinema, and during the
- 1950s Technicolor musicals competed with
- early television.
- Throughout the 1980s cinema production was
- affected by the growth during the preceding
- decade of the video industry, which made
- films available for viewing on home
- television screens.
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- Subject by: Russell Webb
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