Monday, March 22, 2021

"La Sortie de l'Usine Lumière à Lyon" first motion picture debut 1895


The first motion picture to be shown on a screen to a paying audience, La Sortie de l'Usine Lumière à Lyon (Leaving the Factory) was shown March 22, 1895.  It was presented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere, who filmed workers leaving their own factory in Lyon for lunch.  

Louis Le Prince recorded the oldest film in existence, Roundhay Garden Scene in October 1888.



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