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The American Film Manufacturing Company, also known as Flying "A" Studios, was founded in Chicago in late 1910. In 1915, the name was changed to the American Film Company. The company was originally financed by four mid-western United States businessmen. Operating between 1910 and 1921, Flying "A" produced over 1,200 films, and "grew from a young aggressive independent, at war with the licensed manufacturers such as Biograph and Edison, to a major force in its own right". Between 1912 and 1917, it was one of the largest motion picture studios in the US. The company's output began with single- and split–reel films that "usually combined a short comedy with a topical subject", and with the rest of the industry later went on to produce films of up to seven reels.