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- Film speed (5065 bytes)
1: ...ne with a shorter exposure and is called a ''fast film''.
4: ...inear scale and a logarithmic scale for measuring film speed.
6: ...d ISO 200/24° is twice as sensitive as a film rated ISO 100/21°.
8: ...30°, 1600/33°, and 3200/36°. Consumer films are generally rated between 100/21° and 800/...
14: ! example of film stock - Film (18911 bytes)
2: [[Image:Film reel and film.jpg|thumb|250px|"Film" refers to the celluloid media on which movies ar...
4: ...-speaking international community prefer to use ''film'' or "cinema", due to the colloquial nature of th...
6: Films are produced by [[recording]] actual people and ...
8: ...] or [[subtitle]]s that translate the dialogue. Films are also artifacts created by specific cultures,...
11: ==History of film==
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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
5: ...[Greece|Greek]] [[history|historians]] such as [[Strabo]] and [[Diodorus Siculus]], but otherwise ther...
13: ... the Seven Wonders of the World. According to the tradition, the gardens did not hang but rather grew ...
17: ...m cables or ropes. The name comes from an inexact translation of the Greek word [[kremastos]] or the L...
19: ...ed. The pillars, [[vaults]], and terraces are constructed of baked brick and asphalt."
35: ** [[The Hanging Garden]] ([[Film]]) - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... of kingship in both war and peace. He is the central character in the cycle of [[legend]]s known as ...
5: ...d become [[England]], but controversy over the centre of his power and the extent and kind of power he...
17: ==Earliest traditions of Arthur==
19: ...to "Arthur the Blessed"; ''Preiddeu Annwn'' ("The Treasures of Paradise"), mentions "the valour of Art...
21: ... to Arthur is in the ''[[Historia Britonum]]'', attributed to the Welsh [[monk]] [[Nennius]], who is s... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng2.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Great Wall of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in th...
5: ...]] [[Chinese dynasty|dynastic]] change. The [[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a ...
7: ...orld War II. Since then the ROC has maintained control over Taiwan and the [[Pescadores]], islands off...
14: ...e centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states.
16: ...although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded territorially, and... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...he most widespread religion of China is [[Chinese traditional religion]] and its constituent component...
7: ...stor worship]] rituals. A Buddhist would have no trouble viewing [[Jesus]] as a [[Bodhisattva]] and i...
9: ...lieved in such practices as [[Chinese astrology|astrology]], [[Feng Shui]], and [[geomancy]].
11: ...ated between the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[dynastic cycle]] was that an unju...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[Christi... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...ntwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...der command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
12: ...bard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
16: ...ound|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
18: * [[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Austria-Hungary]] surrenders to [[Italy]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
17: ...badie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
71: ...Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
7: ...feldt, Karl Gustav]], ([[1910]]-[[1985]]), Danish film actor
9: *[[Olof Ũlstr?hlstr?Olof]] ([[1756]]-[[1835]]), composer - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
5: ...ent Sibylla was taught scripture and other church traditions. Though not raised by her mother, Sibylla...
7: ...ear, leaving Sibylla widowed and pregnant. In the tradition of the dynasty, Sibylla named her son [[Ba...
9: ... marrying Sibylla to his vassal, Phillip could control the kingship of Jerusalem. The ''[[Haute Cour o...
13: ...r, when on [[Easter]], [[1180]], [[Raymond III of Tripoli]] (the former regent) and [[Bohemund III of ...
19: ...vourite [[Raynald of Chatillon]]'s harrassment of trade caravans between Egypt and Syria. Raynald of C... - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
5: ...r half-brother [[Peter I of Portugal]] and his mistress Teresa Louren篮 Through John of Gaunt she was...
8: ...John I of Portugal by Inez Perez, and his wife Beatriz Pereira, countess da Barcellos.
21: Some Catholic Spaniards are trying to get Isabella declared as [[blessed]] and [...
24: Isabella has been represented in film by actresses like [[Lola Flores]] and [[Sigourney Weaver]...
26: She killed many Moors after her entrance to [[Cordoba]]. - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
6: ...me mistress of [[William IX of Aquitaine]], the [[Troubador]]. Eleanor was named after her mother and ...
10: ...th King of France and [[Dukes of Aquitaine family tree|Duke of Aquitaine]]. Thus, her holdings would n...
12: ... her every whim. Eleanor supported her sister [[Petronilla of Aquitaine]] when she illegally married R...
14: ...logical tactical decisions. The French army was betrayed by [[Manuel I Comnenus]], [[Byzantine Emperor...
16: ...re the crusade, Eleanor and Louis were becoming estranged, as vigor and piety clashed. The city of Ant... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
6: ...ver allow the [[House of Guise]] any chance of controlling France. Instead, she offered to marry Margu...
8: ... during the ceremony, the bride and groom stared straight ahead, never looking at each other. When the...
10: ... St Bartholomew's Day, Catherine de' Medici orchestrated the slaughter by French Catholics of thousand...
12: ...to Navarre, leaving his wife behind. Under the control of her brother, King Henri III, Queen Marguerit...
14: ...at scandalized the population. The beautiful and strong-minded Marguerite took many lovers, notably [[... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ...her from her mother, who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or ...
15: The Princess Mary became an extremely well-educated child under the direction of h...
17: ...s eager for an alliance with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mar...
21: ...[[Europe]], furthermore, regarded her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although she w...
23: Mary confidently expected her troubles to end when Queen Anne lost royal favour an... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
17: ...obert I of Scotland|Robert I, the Bruce]]). James truly believed that Mary marked the end of the Stewa...
19: ...land. Two months later, Mary and her mother, who strongly opposed the marriage proposition, went into ...
24: ...bes in miniature. A crimson velvet mantle, with a train furred with ermine, was fastened around her ti...
26: ...y. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped ... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
5: ...enter>[[Image:Swedish queen Drottning Kristina portrait by S颡stien Bourdon stor.jpg|center|185px|Chr...
6: <tr valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>[[November 6]], [[1...
8: <tr valign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]]...
9: <tr valign=top><td>'''Royal motto'''
11: <tr valign=top><td>'''Royal House'''<td>[[House of Va... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><...
9: ...r]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[Briti...
16: ...treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and witchcr...
18: ...ll-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker b...
20: ...zabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
13: ...[[adultery]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], s...
15: ...e nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...other's testimony against her daughter during the trial, meant custody of Diana and her brother was gi...
40: ...(Theoretically, such an affair constituted [[high treason]] by both parties.) Another of her lovers re...
44: ...to the Princess's voice coach, who had originally filmed them. These tapes have not been broadcast in th... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
7: ...was the most prominent woman in the Soviet administration and was best known for founding the [[Zhenod...
17: Kollontai was the subject of the 1994 TV film, ''A Wave of Passion: The Life of Alexandra Kollo... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
6: ...aker. It was in that workplace that Goldman was introduced to revolutionary ideas; she obtained a copy...
9: ...ing, Goldman left her marriage and her family and traveled to New Haven, CT, and then to [[New York Ci...
23: ==Birth control==
24: ...many other early feminists, saw [[abortion]] as a tragic consequence of social conditions. In 1911, Go...
29: ...rganising rallies against [[World War I]].(''illustration, left'') She was imprisoned for two years, a... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...uley''') is a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and figure in the [[American Civil Rights Mo...
4: ...ther; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
8: ...class citizen and stood firmly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorderly conduct]] and ...
10: ...ericans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle.
14: ...65]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...e world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
12: ...well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked in Chilean television...
14: ...(whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile ...
16: ...t]]. The movie starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Ant...
29: *''Portrait in Sepia'' (2000)
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