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The Reverend Hannibal Goodwin (1822-1900), a Episcopal minister at the House of Prayer in Newark, New Jersey patented a method for making transparent, flexible film out of nitrocellulose.
He died of a injuries related to a street accident in Newark the same year his company was incorporated and was unable to profit from his invention. The patent was bought by a company that sucessfully sued Eastman Kodak for copyright infringement.
Hannibal Goodwin at Plasticquarian (http://www.plastiquarian.com/goodwin.htm)
PBS History of Photography timeline (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eastman/timeline/index_2.html)
Dr. Dan's Movie Page (http://www.occ.cc.mi.us/moviepage/menustructure/cr/moviemyths/moviemyths6.htm)
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