Lumiere Brothers Public Screening at Grand Cafe
December 28, 1895 · 19th Century
Auguste and Louis Lumiere held a paid public screening of projected motion pictures at the Salon Indien du Grand Cafe on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris. Thirty-three attendees paid one franc each to watch ten short films, each approximately 50 seconds long, projected using the Cinematographe. The program included Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory and The Sprinkler Sprinkled. Within weeks, daily attendance exceeded 2,500 as word spread across Paris.
Key Figures
Auguste LumiereLouis Lumiere
Locations
Salon Indien du Grand Cafe
Topics
motion picturescinemaprojection technologypublic entertainmentCinematographe
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