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Line 27: − − == Uses of Motion Pictures == − Motion pictures have typically found the following uses: − − # As an aid in education, by recording for later projection certain laboratory demonstrations, animals in their natural habitats, and other scenes that a teacher would be unable to stage convincingly, inexpensively, or safely in a classroom. Instructors have also recorded their own lectures for later playback by absent students. − # As a means of disseminating current events. These "newsreels" were highly popular, especially during the [[Second World War]], before the widespread popularity of [[television]] made them obsolete. − # As a tool of [[propaganda]]. − # As a form of [[theater]]. − − The last use is by far the most popular and the most famous use of motion pictures--and today, motion pictures are the most popular form of theater today, with television running a close second. Here, "theater" is defined broadly as any public spectacle involving persons pretending to be other persons they are not, and acting out a story that might or might not be true. In this sense, motion pictures are one of what are now three different media of theater. − − [[Category:Culture]]
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# The ''restoration'' of many especially well-loved films, often necessitating a frame-by-frame rebuilding of the entire project, typically by electronic means.
# The ''restoration'' of many especially well-loved films, often necessitating a frame-by-frame rebuilding of the entire project, typically by electronic means.
# The decision to develop a means and an infrastructure to record a film as a set of ''digital signals'', store these signals on magnetic or preferably optical recording media, and transmit them to exhibitors through a dedicated communications channel on demand.
# The decision to develop a means and an infrastructure to record a film as a set of ''digital signals'', store these signals on magnetic or preferably optical recording media, and transmit them to exhibitors through a dedicated communications channel on demand.
== Uses of Motion Pictures ==
== Uses of Motion Pictures ==