It was on this date in 1903 that the movie The Great Train Robbery was released. And it was on this date in 1913 that the Ford Motor Company started the first moving assembly line.
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![A promotional poster for The Great Train Robbery film.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/83a8ff7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/325x522+0+0/resize/880x1413!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F30%2F62%2F5eeb559c4297a966193d4b0085e9%2Fthe-great-train-robbery-edwin-s._Porter%2C_Edison_Films%2C_1903_Poster.jpg)
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