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First Commercial Screening at Grand Café
- When
- 28 December 1895
- Where
- Basement room of the Grand Café
The Lumière brothers presented their first commercial public screening to paying visitors at the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris.
On 28 December 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière organized a screening for approximately 40 paying visitors and invited relations. This event is traditionally regarded as the birth of cinema, marking the first commercial public screening of projected films by the brothers in Paris.
Sources
- Lumière brothers Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24
- Salon Indien du Grand Café Wikipedia, revision of 2026-01-21
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