Model of a Kodak 8mm Brownie, 1950s.
Picture Michel Lambert
Pointe-à-Callière
© Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History 2001. All rights reserved.
Although it was invented in the late 1890s, it wasn’t actually until the 20th century that the movie camera really took off. It fundamentally changed people’s lives and the way they communicated; it helped to tear down borders and showed people all the beauties of the world, along with all its horrors and injustices.
I believe that the movie camera was one of the most important and influential objects of the 20th century, both for its capacity to immortalize motion and life on film and for its ability to disseminate and expose humanity’s grandeur and nobility and to denounce its barbarity.
I believe that the movie camera was one of the most important and influential objects of the 20th century, both for its capacity to immortalize motion and life on film and for its ability to disseminate and expose humanity’s grandeur and nobility and to denounce its barbarity.
Although it was invented in the late 1890s, it wasn’t actually until the 20th century that the movie camera really took off. It fundamentally changed people’s lives and the way they communicated; it helped to tear down borders and showed people all the beauties of the world, along with all its horrors and injustices.
I believe that the movie camera was one of the most important and influential objects of the 20th century, both for its capacity to immortalize motion and life on film and for its ability to disseminate and expose humanity’s grandeur and nobility and to denounce its barbarity.
I believe that the movie camera was one of the most important and influential objects of the 20th century, both for its capacity to immortalize motion and life on film and for its ability to disseminate and expose humanity’s grandeur and nobility and to denounce its barbarity.
© Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History 2001. All rights reserved.
Learning Objectives
The learner will:
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use examples of material elements of culture to explain its historical significance
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evaluate changes that technological, medical and social innovations have made to our culture
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speculate why some products have had a significant impact on daily life
