The document summarizes the history of film from its origins in the late 19th century to its golden age in the early 20th century. It notes that the Lumiere brothers published the first motion picture in 1895. Pioneers like Thomas Edison and Georges Melies further advanced film technology and special effects in the early 1900s. Directors like D.W. Griffith and Sergei Eisenstein pushed narrative and artistic techniques during cinema's golden age from 1910s-1920s. The document also briefly outlines the suppression and difficulties of the early Korean film industry under Japanese rule.