This is known by the name of cinematographe and was perfected in the great photographic laboratory of Messrs. Lumiere, in Lyons. The remarkable feature about it is that the figures not only go through ...

In 1895, Louis and Auguste Lumière gave birth to the big screen thanks to their revolutionary camera and projector, the Cinématographe. Auguste (left) and Louis Lumière in a photograph believed ...

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On December 28, 1895, a marvelous invention was unveiled in the basement of the Grand Café: the Cinématographe, a camera and projector that would pave the way for commercial movie showings. A ...

The movies might never have split in two if Antoine Lumière had been more interested in a quick buck. Among the audience at the sparsely attended 1895 demonstration of his sons Louis and Auguste ...

Considering the art of cinema was born in France, knowing when to start with the most important films of the country’s cinematic history can be a daunting task. From the Lumière brothers ...

The hand-cranked Lumiere Cinematographe, invented by Lumiere brothers Louis and Auguste, played the very first moving pictures in front of an audience that day in 1895 in the cafe’s Salon Indien.