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Which was the first movie/show to use a certain characteristic or technique?

Questions asked here should be looking for the first time something was used either on screen (a special movie characteristic, plot device etc) or during the making (e.g. cutting technique, special equipment, effects).

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What was the first movie to introduce "blue wire or red wire" bomb disposal?

I have seen Juggernaut (1974) recently. There is a scene in the end of the movie when the bomb disposal expert, Fallon has to choose one of the two wires (red or blue) to cut in order to disarm the bomb. Finally, Fallon makes a choice by intuition.…
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What is the first movie to show this hard work message at the very end?

What is the first movie to show this hard work message at the very end?
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What was the first live-action movie to feature a talking animal?

What was the first live-action movie to feature a talking animal, and did the film predate the first live-action televised appearance of a talking animal?
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What 1980's movie was the first to have an official montage?

We all know that many of the 1980's movies were famous for their montages with cheesy music going on in the background and random clips of the main characters doing things (cleaning up, playing games, etc.) What was the first 1980's movie to do…
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What was the first movie to feature a person seated on a toilet?

Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock has a scene where a person is flushing a toilet. This fact provided some shock effect, since toilets were virtually never seen in American cinema in the 1960s. Like the title of this question says, I want to know:…
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What was the first movie released with a tagline?

I know taglines in movies are used for advertising purpose and to create a memorable phrase to make the audience remember the film for many years. I've seen numerous movies with taglines and some of them are really catchy. For instance, "The first…
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What was the first movie to feature both black and white as well as color scenes?

List of movies featuring both black and white as well as color scenes: Pleasantville (1998) Moulin Rouge! (2001) The Phantom of the Opera (2004) Winter’s Bone (2010) Oppenheimer (2023) What was the first movie to feature both black and white as…
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What's the earliest example in comedy of someone reading out the prognosis as the patient quickly suffers them all one by one?

It's a classic trope in comedy. The Simpsons has used it at least twice. Once where Dr Hibbard describes the stages of grief to Homer after he ate badly prepared fugu. (One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish: 1991) Another when Bart reacts to…
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Which movie holds the record for using the highest number of extras in a scene?

Often they make use of extras in a movie scene typically for depicting a crowd, a stadium filled with people, a rally, a procession etc. I want to know that in which movie the highest number of extras were used for filming a scene.
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First American High School film?

I was wondering what would have been the first film to depict stereotypical ideas of American High Schools. I can only think back as far as Grease (1978) or maybe Rebel Without a Cause (1955) but I'm not sure if that counts.
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What was the first movie that had only female characters?

What was the first movie that had only female characters? In a quiz competition that question was asked and I didn't know its answer. Although the question was for Bollywood but here my question is for both Hollywood and Bollywood.
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What was the first appearance of the "Shop Around the Corner" romcom plot?

In The Shop Around the Corner (1940), two characters bicker in person while falling in love anonymously through letters. The plot has been repeated in In the Good Old Summertime (1949), You've Got Mail (1998) and slightly modified in Mujhse…
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First movie set in a world with COVID-19?

In the middle of The Paramedic (2020), the radio news announced: "Friday, January 3, 2020... According to information from Chinese media, the cause could be a virus that originated in a live animal market in Wuhan." So it is strongly suggested…
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Which was the first movie remake?

I want to know Which was the first movie remake in the history of movies? I do not mean reboot. I mean remake i.e. with same story (mostly).
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What was the first realistic sex scene in a mainstream movie?

Once upon a time movies were so subject to censorship that rude words and any hint of sexual activity were impossible to put on screen. Directors could hint, but couldn't show. Go back and watch Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in the 1946 version…
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