Fred's Fun Fact: Movies!

Why are they called movie trailers? Find out why!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
One learn so much.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Guys, do you know why a movie trailer that the
movie previews? They're called trailers. You see them before the movies.
You know why they're called trailers. They used to play
at the end of the film. That's why trailers were
first introduced in the early nineteen tens, the first one
being for a Charlie Chaplin movie. They were shown after
the movie, I e. Trailing it. But when advertisers realized

(00:32):
that I realized the audiences were leaving immediately after the
feature ended, the trailers were moved to the preview position,
where they remain today, but with the name. So you see,
a trailer used to be at the end, Now it's
at the beginning. And now I guess they call them
trailers when they're commercials too, But trailers, you know movies.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
So there you go, aren't you? Are you wildly impressed?

Speaker 4 (00:54):
I call it a preview, but you know, tomato, tomato whatever.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
More.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
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