The Lumière brothers' cinema

In short

The brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière, from Lyon, invented the cinématographe, a device that filmed and projected moving pictures. On 28 December 1895, in the Salon Indien of the Grand Café in Paris, they held the first public screening for a paying audience. The programme included ten short films, each less than a minute long, such as workers leaving their factory. A ticket cost one franc.

Why it matters That evening cinema was born as a show to watch together, in a dark room in front of a screen.

Source: Institut Lumière, Lyon

Where we are in the era “Age of revolutions”

Your turn

Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________

1. When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:

2. Tell it in your own words: what happened?

3. Draw the scene below.

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