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The Story of Film: An Odyssey Season 1 Episode 1
Mark Cousins tells the story of cinema, starting in this episode with the birth of the movies, telling the glamorous, surprising stories of early moviemaking and the first film stars.
Episode Title: Birth of the Cinema
Air Date: 2011-09-03
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