1895 in film

Events

• March 22 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière (private screening).
• Gaumont Pictures founded by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont[?].
• In France, brothers named Auguste[?] and Louis Lumière[?], designed and built a lightweight, hand-held motion picture camera called the Cinématographe[?]. The Lumière brothers discovered that their machine could also be used to project images onto a large screen. The Lumière brothers created several short films at this time that are considered to be pivotal in the history of motion pictures.
• September or October - C. Francis Jenkins[?] and Thomas Armat[?] demonstrate their Phantoscope[?], a motion picture projector, in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November - In Germany, Emil[?] and Max Skladanowsky[?] develope their own film projector.
• December 28 - The Lumiere brothers have their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe Boulevard des Capucines -- this date is sometimes considered the debut of the motion picture as an entertainment medium.

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