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[UNKNOWN]: Thank you.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, Thomas Edison received a patent for the Kinettographic camera and early motion picture camera used to record moving images.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Edison and his team had been developing motion picture technology for years, including the Kinettoscope, a viewer that allowed one person at a time to watch short films through a small window.

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[SPEAKER_00]: The camera helped turn moving pictures from an experiment into a new form of entertainment.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It was an important step toward the movie industry, showing that people were fascinated, not just by photographs, but by pictures that seemed to move.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 31st, 1962.

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[SPEAKER_00]: True to that and Tobago became independent from Britain.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 31st, 1991, Kyrgyzstan declared independence from the Soviet Union.

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[UNKNOWN]: Thank you.