18 photos that show how drastically making movies has changed over the last century

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"The Wizard of Oz" 1939 and "Captain America: Civil War" 2016.

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If you were to watch 1939's "The Wizard of Oz", then, immediately after, watch the new movie "Captain America: Civil War", you would clearly see some tremendous differences.

Technology within the film industry has advanced greatly over the last century, allowing movies to tell greater, more realistic stories than ever before. The cinema has evolved from black-and-white silent films edited by physically cutting film strips to 3D digital content spliced together on computers. The digital age has allowed for better quality, color, sound, and even computer-generated imagery (CGI).

We've found 18 photos that show just how much filmmaking has changed over the past century.