Fun in a Bakery Shop c.1902 : One of the earliest recorded uses of stop-motion animation

One of the earliest recorded uses of stop-motion animation comes from the 1902 Edison Company Film Fun in a Bakery Shop. The stop-motion technique is used to speed up the appearance of the bakers dough sculpting. Films like these would lay the foundations for later, more advanced stop-motion effects.

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