Launch of new Emelka studios at Geiselgasteig
near Munich, Germany
Deutsche Bioskop merges with DECLA as DECLA-Bioskop
in Germany
German Reichslichtspielgesetz requires
licensing of all films for public exhibition
First broadcasting stations opened in US
KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcasts first scheduled
radio programs
First US transcontinental airmail
D N Sampat founds Kohinoor Film
Richard Norman opens Norman
Studios from the bankrupt Eagle Film Studio just outside
of Jacksonville, Fla.
Indian Film Censor Boards set up in Mumbai,
Chennai, Calcutta and Rangoon
Durwood brothers buy cinema in Kansas City,
basis of Durwood (later AMC) chain
Pathe-Cinema transfers production and distribution
to new Pathe-Consortium-Cinema company
Harry Cohn founds CBC Sales Co and later
renames Columbia Pictures Company
Marcus Loew purchases Metro Pictures.
Shaw brothers start producing films in
Shanghai
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