# Film Firsts, Part 2 (1959)

Film Firsts Part 2 (1959) Includes classic silent films and footage of some of film's firsts, including the first cartoon, the first Tarzan, and excerpts from "cliffhanger" serials from 1914-1929. First animated cartoon (1909); use of life- sized models and miniaturization in horror films; introduction of the “business tycoon'' and social criticism; symbolic freeze of ac- tion; table-top photography; double expo- sure and mirrors for special effects; under- water photography (1917); censorship and sex tragedy (1893 and 1909); first Tarzan movie (1918); unmanned missiles, aerial bombing and tanks from a 1910 war film; Betty Blythe's She; epic fistfight from the original The Spoilers. From the History of the Motion Picture series. See also Film Firsts, Part 1

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1959
- Runtime: 26 min
- By: Paul Killiam Productions
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/filmfirstspart2)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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