"Members of the French Photographic Society arrive from a riverboat to their congress venue in Neuville-sur-Saône on a summer day".
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895, FRA) Directed by: Louis Lumière
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With Louis Lumière and Hélène Vacaresco, President of the Comité International pour la Diffusion des Arts et des Lettres par le Cinéma, in Paris in 1935.
On December 28, 1895, the world’s first commercial movie screening took place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumiere. #OnThisDay
Y’all see this shot towards the end of the movie where the female workers all walkout of the factory, with the word LYON written over the gates ?
Now, it might just be a coincidence that the big factory’s named Lyon (since it’s the owner’s name) but do you know what happened in the french city of Lyon in the year 1895 ?
This happened.
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La Sortie de l’Usine Lumière à Lyon, by Louis Lumière.
It was the first film ever to be projected. Lyon’s widely regarded as the place of birth of cinema, and a lot of aspiring filmmakers go there to study film.
When watching Enola Holmes 2, my little film-nerd heart was SOARING.
Workers Leaving The Lumière Factory in Lyon (French: La Sortie de l'Usine Lumière à Lyon), is an 1895 French shortblack-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière. It is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by six and a half years.
LECTURE 1: The Lumière Brothers – Auguste and Louis – were pioneering French filmmakers, considered by many film historians to be among the first filmmakers ever in history. The brothers transported their cumbersome cameras and equipment to Liverpool in 1896 to capture scenes of the city. It’s the first film footage ever shot of the Liverpool, and it remains, over 120 years later, a vital motion picture record of the thriving city in the Victorian Era. The immense size of Liverpool is captured in the footage of the long journey across the bustling waterfront.
“The first ones now shall later be last” — Matthew 20:16, by way of Bob Dylan.
The Lumière Brothers [Auguste (1862-1954) and Louis (1864-1948)] were neither first nor last in the history of cinema, but they are something like, for they were among the very first to make (and just as importantly, promote) breakthroughs in making pictures move, and yet they remain very current in the present day,…
Auguste and Louis Lumière , two of the most profound pioneers in the cinema world, are considered the earliest filmmakers in history as they created the cinematographer with which the brothers made the first motion picture. Get to know from this shared presentation.