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100 years of Pyrex, processed cheese and nudes in movies

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13 December 2014

9:00 AM

13 December 2014

9:00 AM

Marking a century

Some things which celebrate their 100th birthday in 2015:

3-D films The first was shown at the Astor Theater in New York on 10 June, featuring the Niagara Falls.

Nude scenes in films Audrey Munson played an artist’s model in Inspiration, a film by George Foster Platt released by the Mutual Film Corporation on 18 November 1915.

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