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13 MOMENTS · ONE LIVING ARCHIVE

History.
All at once.

Every picture opens a door.
Wander through the years, then step into a story.

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THE IMAGE ATLAS

Oldest to newest. Follow the years; watch the world change.

A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME1895 — 2012
A projector operator and an 1890s Paris audience watch a small screen showing an indistinct garden scene.The 19th centuryThe 19th centuryThe hose-prank comedy in the Lumières’ first paying Paris programmePublished A bowler-hatted comedian leans toward a hand-cranked camera while children race small push-cars behind him.1900–19451900–1945Kid Auto Races at Venice and the Tramp’s screen debutPublished A bowler-hatted silent-film comedian prepares to dine on a boot while a fellow prospector watches.1900–1945The Gold Rush’s Hollywood Premiere and Chaplin’s Edible ShoelacesPublished An imagined 1938 radio studio with microphones, script pages and a glowing radio dial.1900–1945The War of the Worlds broadcast: October 30, 1938Published A closed wooden presentation case rests beside gloves in a warmly lit Art Deco ballroom.1900–1945Shirley Temple presents Walt Disney's special Snow White OscarPublished A woman in the wings looks toward a country-house stage set framed by red theatre curtains.1946–19991946–1999The Mousetrap opens in London with a recorded newsreaderPublished A Japanese studio technician works beside a tape recorder and microphone, with a monster prop on a nearby table.1946–1999Godzilla’s 1954 Japanese Release and the Creation of Its RoarPublished Two women collect strands of spaghetti draped over tree branches in a Swiss orchard setting.1946–1999BBC Panorama broadcasts the spaghetti-harvest April Fool in 1957Published Illustration of a television camera facing a street set, a closed metal trash can and a large yellow bird puppet.1946–1999Sesame Street premieres with an orange Oscar the GrouchPublished An older robed man examines a glowing blue blade in a warmly lit desert dwelling.1946–1999Star Wars opens in cinemas with Ben Burtt’s lightsaber soundPublished A dinosaur maquette, a wireframe dinosaur on a 1990s monitor and a mechanical creature head share an effects workshop.1946–1999Jurassic Park opens in US cinemas on 11 June 1993Published A formal cinema audience watches an animated house lifted into the sky by a cluster of balloons.Since 2000Since 2000Pixar’s Up opens the Cannes Film Festival in digital 3-DPublished Queen Elizabeth II at a palace desk turns toward Daniel Craig as James Bond, with corgis nearby.Since 2000Queen Elizabeth II and James Bond at the London 2012 Opening CeremonyPublished
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