A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME AGO, THERE WERE NO iPADS OR iPHONES! HOW DID PEOPLE SURVIVE THE BOREDOM?
People invented many different forms of entertainment.
The Night the Martians LandedIn the early 20th century, there were no TV's no computers, no laptops, and no smartphones. Instead, Americans listened to the radio. The radio program accidentally scared millions of Americans into thinking they the country was being attacked by aliens!
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People didn't stop with radio though. Eventually, film and cartoons and TV were invented.
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Rocky & BullwinkleFrom November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964, Rocky and Bullwinkle was one of America's most loved cartoons.
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The FlintstonesThe Flinstones was a very popular cartoon originally on TV from September 30, 1960 until April 1, 1966.
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Film Making Thomas Edison and the Lumiere brothers were some of the many inventors trying to create the first moving pictures that we call movies.
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A Trip to the MoonIn 1902, George Melies created this movie, "A Trip to the Moon," after he experimented with his own film. He was one of the first to do "special effects" in movies.
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