Well, they're not really "magic." Maybe "illusion" is a better way to say it. As we begin this journey of the history of cinema, we need to understand how movies trick our brains into even understanding that a movie is a movie. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig takes us down the road of the very first inventors of motion pictures. Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios Want to know more about Craig? www.youtube.com/user/wheezywaiter The Latest from PBS Digital Studios: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1mtdjDVOoOqJzeaJAV15Tq0tZ1vKj7ZV *** Images Used: Zoopraxiscope: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muybridge%27s_zoopraxiscope_and_disc.jpg Chronophotographic Gun: Public Domain Daguerreotypes: Public Domain *** Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumblr - thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support Crash Course on Patreon: patreon.com/crashcourse CC Kids: www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids