December 28, 1895

On this day, December 28, in 1895 the first projected, moving, photographic, picture movie was presented for a paying audience. Two French brothers Louis and Auguste Lumiere were the brains and creators behind this event. They set it all up in the basement of the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris where thirty people attended. They showed ten short films, all of which were only 48 seconds in length.

Here is a link that allows you to view each of these shorts:

http://www.fandor.com/filmmakers/director-louis-lumiere-686

Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumiere was born on October 19, 1862 and Louis Jean Lumiere was born on October 5, 1864.  Both men attended La Martiniere, a technical school in France. After which they began to start the process of making motion pictures. This accomplishment occurred in the year of 1895. The two brothers made around a hundred films in their lifetime. It is said that after they stopped the filming process and had begun working on color photographs that they happened to invent a time machine. This is just some people’s theories but I thought it an interesting bit of information to share. The two brothers accomplished and invented many great things in their lifetimes. Auguste died on April 10, 1954 at 91 years of age and Louis died on June 6, 1948 at 83 years of age.

References:

http://www.fandor.com/filmmakers/director-louis-lumiere-686

http://www.thelumierebrothers.com/About

Pictures Credits:

http://www.alchemists.com/visual_alchemy/lumiere.html