Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · Cal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area C1DescriptionThis course traces the history of motion pictures from 1880 to 1948 through a critical examination of the technical, aesthetic, social, political, and economic factors that had an impact on this emerging art form. It explores the cinema from its conception as an entertainment novelty, through major international movements of the silent era, to the development of the American studio system, the transition to sound, and the effect of two world wars. 