February 13 – In France, the brothers
Auguste and Louis Lumière patent the Cinematographe, a combination lightweight, hand-held
movie camera and
projector. The several short films they create at this time are considered to be pivotal in the
history of film.[1]
December 28 –
Auguste and Louis Lumière make what is probably the first commercial
public screening of projected moving picture films to a paying audience, at the
Salon Indien du Grand Café in the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris.[3] This date is sometimes considered the debut of the motion picture as an entertainment medium.
^
abBurns, Paul (1999).
"Chapter 15, 1895–1900". The History of the Discovery of Cinematography.
Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
^Chardère, B.; Borgé, G.; Borgé, M. (1985). Les Lumière (in French). Paris: Bibliothèque des Arts. p. 71.
ISBN2-85047-068-6.
February 13 – In France, the brothers
Auguste and Louis Lumière patent the Cinematographe, a combination lightweight, hand-held
movie camera and
projector. The several short films they create at this time are considered to be pivotal in the
history of film.[1]
December 28 –
Auguste and Louis Lumière make what is probably the first commercial
public screening of projected moving picture films to a paying audience, at the
Salon Indien du Grand Café in the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris.[3] This date is sometimes considered the debut of the motion picture as an entertainment medium.
^
abBurns, Paul (1999).
"Chapter 15, 1895–1900". The History of the Discovery of Cinematography.
Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
^Chardère, B.; Borgé, G.; Borgé, M. (1985). Les Lumière (in French). Paris: Bibliothèque des Arts. p. 71.
ISBN2-85047-068-6.