January 14 –
Birt Acres demonstrates his film projector, the Kineopticon, the first in Britain, to the
Royal Photographic Society at the
Queen's Hall in London. This is the first film show to an audience in the U.K.[1]
July 26 – "Vitascope Hall" opens on
Canal Street, New Orleans, the first business devoted exclusively to showing motion pictures at a fixed location
[1]
September 28 – The
Pathé Frères film company is founded.
In France, magician and filmmaker
Georges Méliès begins experimenting with the new motion picture technology, developing early special effect techniques, including
stop motion. Films that year included The Devil's Castle, A Nightmare, A Terrible Night.[4]
Contrary to myth, Arrival Of A Train At La Ciotat it was not shown at the Lumières' first public film screening on 28 December 1895 in Paris, France: the programme of ten films shown that day makes no mention of it. Its first public showing took place in January 1896.
January 14 –
Birt Acres demonstrates his film projector, the Kineopticon, the first in Britain, to the
Royal Photographic Society at the
Queen's Hall in London. This is the first film show to an audience in the U.K.[1]
July 26 – "Vitascope Hall" opens on
Canal Street, New Orleans, the first business devoted exclusively to showing motion pictures at a fixed location
[1]
September 28 – The
Pathé Frères film company is founded.
In France, magician and filmmaker
Georges Méliès begins experimenting with the new motion picture technology, developing early special effect techniques, including
stop motion. Films that year included The Devil's Castle, A Nightmare, A Terrible Night.[4]
Contrary to myth, Arrival Of A Train At La Ciotat it was not shown at the Lumières' first public film screening on 28 December 1895 in Paris, France: the programme of ten films shown that day makes no mention of it. Its first public showing took place in January 1896.