The document provides a history of documentaries from 1879 to 1990 including the first documentary director Eadweard Muybridge in 1879 in the UK. It lists various documentaries by era including A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner from 1910 UK, Nature's Beauty Parlor from 1920 USA, The Eternal Jew from 1940 Germany, Kon-Tiki from 1950 Norway, Woodstock from 1970 USA, and Paris Is Burning from 1990 USA. It provides details on the directors, countries, styles, and film technologies used for many of the documentaries.

1. Task 1a History of documentaries

2. First ever Documentary Director – Eadweard Muybridge Name - movies Begin Year - 1879 Country - UK Story - Technology used -

3. Era Director, Documentary, year, country and Style Technology 18 th Centaury Movies begin -1879, 1910 A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner – 1910, UK, informative/hard SEE RANKA Visit to the Seaside – 1910, UK, soft/informative 1920 Nature's Beauty Parlor - 1920, USA, The Bottom of the World - 1920, USA, soft Film negative format (mm/video inches)35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format35 mm Aspect ratio1.33 : 1 Film negative format (mm/video inches)35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format35 mm Aspect ratio1.33 : 1 1930 À propos de Nice – 1930, France, soft Film negative format (mm/video inches)35 mm Printed film format35 mm 1940 The Eternal Jew – 1940, Germany, informational/hard Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

4. 1950 Kon-Tiki, 1950, Norway, educational Camera Bolex H16 (location shots) Film-Labour, Sweden 2105m (Sweden) (4 reels) Film negative format (mm/video inches) 16 mm (location shots) 35 mm (studio shots) Cinematographic process Printed film format 35 mm (partly blow-up) Aspect ratio1.37 : 1 1960 Den blodiga tiden, 1960, Germany, Hard Film negative format (mm/video inches) 35 mm Printed film format 35 mm 1970 Woodstock, 26 March 1970, USA, soft/entertaining Éclair Cameras and Lenses Technicolor 6354m (director's cut) Film negative format (mm/video inches) 16 mm 35 mm Cinematographic process Printed film format 70 mm (blow-up) 35 mm Aspect ratio 2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints) 2.35 : 1 (35 mm prints) 1980 AC/DC: Let There Be Rock, 1980, USA, humor Film negative format (mm/video inches)35 mm Printed film format 35 mm 1990 Paris Is Burning Film negative format (mm/video inches) 16 mm Cinematographic process Spherical Printed film format 35 mm (blow-up) Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1