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A Brief History of Hollywood

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THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY is a smash hit, inspiring entrepreneurs across the country to build movie emporiums known as nickelodeons: theaters able to seat as many as one hundred spectators, for the admission price of a nickel. By 1908, there are nearly 5,000 nickelodeons across America.

Meanwhile, immigration brings the future movie studio moguls to America:

– Adolph Zukor, future founder of Paramount, immigrates from Hungary in 1888. Zukor visits a penny arcade and sees Edison’s short film THE KISS, sparking an interest in film. Using his earnings as a furrier, Zukor buys Kinetoscope parlors with a partner, Marcus Loew.

– Carl Laemmle, future founder of Universal, arrives in Chicago from Germany and sees the audiences drawn to nickelodeons.

– The four Warner brothers (Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack) arrive in Ohio from Poland. Inspired by the nickelodeons, Sam convinces his brothers to enter the business. The brothers buy a projector, accompanied by a print of THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, and take the film on the road.

– After a childhood spent in poverty, Hungarian immigrant William Fuchs changes his name to William Fox and enters the picture exhibiting business.

– Louis B. Mayer, an immigrant from Russia, leases a rundown burlesque house, names it The Orpheum, and begins screening films. After working as an exhibitor, Mayer is inspired to join the moviemaking industry.

US Military History in Action

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An M3A2 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle passes an M113 APC at the 2012 Military History Vehicle Show. While both of these Veterans saw action in Irag in 2003, the venerable M113 Armored Personnel Carrier is on it’s way out of service, but after being named the most significant infantry vehicle in history, it’s already made it’s mark.

Forces of Valor 1:72 scale diecast